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Red Hat 8.2: RHSA-2020-5417 Moderate: curl Remote Overwrite Issue

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Calendar Grey December 15, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Investigate the recent moderate curl update for Red Hat 8.2, emphasizing vital security enhancements and key performance boosts.
An update for curl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update Support

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

The curl packages provide the libcurl library and the curl utility for downloading files from servers using various protocols, including HTTP, FTP, and LDAP.
Security Fix(es):
* curl: Incorrect argument check can allow remote servers to overwrite local files (CVE-2020-8177)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Bug Fix(es):
* libcurl: Segfault when HTTPS_PROXY and NO_PROXY is used together (BZ#1900103)

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate Red Hat bug fix security fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux distribution curl remote file overwrite remote overwrite

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8177 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.2):
Source: curl-7.61.1-12.el8_2.2.src.rpm
aarch64: curl-7.61.1-12.el8_2.2.aarch64.rpm curl-debuginfo-7.61.1-12.el8_2.2.aarch64.rpm curl-debugsource-7.61.1-12.el8_2.2.aarch64.rpm curl-minimal-debuginfo-7.61.1-12.el8_2.2.aarch64.rpm libcurl-7.61.1-12.el8_2.2.aarch64.rpm libcurl-debuginfo-7.61.1-12.el8_2.2.aarch64.rpm libcurl-devel-7.61.1-12.el8_2.2.aarch64.rpm libcurl-minimal-7.61.1-12.el8_2.2.aarch64.rpm libcurl-minimal-debuginfo-7.61.1-12.el8_2.2.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: curl-7.61.1-12.el8_2.2.ppc64le.rpm curl-debuginfo-7.61.1-12.el8_2.2.ppc64le.rpm curl-debugsource-7.61.1-12.el8_2.2.ppc64le.rpm curl-minimal-debuginfo-7.61.1-12.el8_2.2.ppc64le.rpm libcurl-7.61.1-12.el8_2.2.ppc64le.rpm libcurl-debuginfo-7.61.1-12.el8_2.2.ppc64le.rpm libcurl-devel-7.61.1-12.el8_2.2.ppc64le.rpm libcurl-minimal-7.61.1-12.el8_2.2.ppc64le.rpm libcurl-minimal-debuginfo-7.61.1-12.el8_2.2.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: curl-7.61.1-12.el8_2.2.s390x.rpm curl-debuginfo-7.61.1-12.el8_2.2.s390x.rpm curl-debugsource-7.61.1-12.el8_2.2.s390x.rpm curl-minimal-debuginfo-7.61.1-12.el8_2.2.s390x.rpm libcurl-7.61.1-12.el8_2.2.s390x.rpm libcurl-debuginfo-7.61.1-12.el8_2.2.s390x.rpm libcurl-devel-7.61.1-12.el8_2.2.s390x.rpm libcurl-minimal-7.61.1-12.el8_2.2.s390x.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:5417-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5417
Issue date: 2020-12-15

Topic

An update for curl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2Extended Update Support.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate Red Hat bug fix security fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux distribution curl remote file overwrite remote overwrite

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.2) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1847915 - CVE-2020-8177 curl: Incorrect argument check can allow remote servers to overwrite local files

1900103 - libcurl: Segfault when HTTPS_PROXY and NO_PROXY is used together [rhel-8.2.0.z]

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