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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8: RHSA-2021-3582-01 Moderate Curl Security Fix

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Calendar Grey September 21, 2021
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Recent security update for curl on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 rectifies severe vulnerabilities. Ensure to apply the updates without delay.
An update for curl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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: Content not matching hash in Metalink is not being discarded (CVE-2021-22922)
* curl: Metalink download sends credentials (CVE-2021-22923)
* curl: Bad connection reuse due to flawed path name checks (CVE-2021-22924)
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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security issue red hat software update security fix curl

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-22922 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-22923 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-22924 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8):
Source: curl-7.61.1-18.el8_4.1.src.rpm
aarch64: curl-7.61.1-18.el8_4.1.aarch64.rpm curl-debuginfo-7.61.1-18.el8_4.1.aarch64.rpm curl-debugsource-7.61.1-18.el8_4.1.aarch64.rpm curl-minimal-debuginfo-7.61.1-18.el8_4.1.aarch64.rpm libcurl-7.61.1-18.el8_4.1.aarch64.rpm libcurl-debuginfo-7.61.1-18.el8_4.1.aarch64.rpm libcurl-devel-7.61.1-18.el8_4.1.aarch64.rpm libcurl-minimal-7.61.1-18.el8_4.1.aarch64.rpm libcurl-minimal-debuginfo-7.61.1-18.el8_4.1.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: curl-7.61.1-18.el8_4.1.ppc64le.rpm curl-debuginfo-7.61.1-18.el8_4.1.ppc64le.rpm curl-debugsource-7.61.1-18.el8_4.1.ppc64le.rpm curl-minimal-debuginfo-7.61.1-18.el8_4.1.ppc64le.rpm libcurl-7.61.1-18.el8_4.1.ppc64le.rpm libcurl-debuginfo-7.61.1-18.el8_4.1.ppc64le.rpm libcurl-devel-7.61.1-18.el8_4.1.ppc64le.rpm libcurl-minimal-7.61.1-18.el8_4.1.ppc64le.rpm libcurl-minimal-debuginfo-7.61.1-18.el8_4.1.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: curl-7.61.1-18.el8_4.1.s390x.rpm curl-debuginfo-7.61.1-18.el8_4.1.s390x.rpm curl-debugsource-7.61.1-18.el8_4.1.s390x.rpm curl-minimal-debuginfo-7.61.1-18.el8_4.1.s390x.rpm libcurl-7.61.1-18.el8_4.1.s390x.rpm libcurl-debuginfo-7.61.1-18.el8_4.1.s390x.rpm libcurl-devel-7.61.1-18.el8_4.1.s390x.rpm libcurl-minimal-7.61.1-18.el8_4.1.s390x.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:3582-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3582
Issue date: 2021-09-21

Topic

An update for curl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security issue red hat software update security fix curl

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1981435 - CVE-2021-22922 curl: Content not matching hash in Metalink is not being discarded

1981438 - CVE-2021-22923 curl: Metalink download sends credentials

1981460 - CVE-2021-22924 curl: Bad connection reuse due to flawed path name checks

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