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Red Hat 8.6 RHSA-2023:1842-01 Moderate Security Alert: Curl DoS Risk

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Calendar Grey April 18, 2023
Dist Redhat Esm H88
The recent moderate curl update for RHEL addresses vulnerabilities that may expose users to data loss and unauthorized access. Affected users must update promptly to mitigate risks.
An update for curl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 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: HTTP multi-header compression denial of service (CVE-2023-23916)
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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat software update DoS security fix moderate severity curl

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-23916 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.6):
Source: curl-7.61.1-22.el8_6.6.src.rpm
aarch64: curl-7.61.1-22.el8_6.6.aarch64.rpm curl-debuginfo-7.61.1-22.el8_6.6.aarch64.rpm curl-debugsource-7.61.1-22.el8_6.6.aarch64.rpm curl-minimal-debuginfo-7.61.1-22.el8_6.6.aarch64.rpm libcurl-7.61.1-22.el8_6.6.aarch64.rpm libcurl-debuginfo-7.61.1-22.el8_6.6.aarch64.rpm libcurl-devel-7.61.1-22.el8_6.6.aarch64.rpm libcurl-minimal-7.61.1-22.el8_6.6.aarch64.rpm libcurl-minimal-debuginfo-7.61.1-22.el8_6.6.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: curl-7.61.1-22.el8_6.6.ppc64le.rpm curl-debuginfo-7.61.1-22.el8_6.6.ppc64le.rpm curl-debugsource-7.61.1-22.el8_6.6.ppc64le.rpm curl-minimal-debuginfo-7.61.1-22.el8_6.6.ppc64le.rpm libcurl-7.61.1-22.el8_6.6.ppc64le.rpm libcurl-debuginfo-7.61.1-22.el8_6.6.ppc64le.rpm libcurl-devel-7.61.1-22.el8_6.6.ppc64le.rpm libcurl-minimal-7.61.1-22.el8_6.6.ppc64le.rpm libcurl-minimal-debuginfo-7.61.1-22.el8_6.6.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: curl-7.61.1-22.el8_6.6.s390x.rpm curl-debuginfo-7.61.1-22.el8_6.6.s390x.rpm curl-debugsource-7.61.1-22.el8_6.6.s390x.rpm curl-minimal-debuginfo-7.61.1-22.el8_6.6.s390x.rpm libcurl-7.61.1-22.el8_6.6.s390x.rpm libcurl-debuginfo-7.61.1-22.el8_6.6.s390x.rpm libcurl-devel-7.61.1-22.el8_6.6.s390x.rpm libcurl-minimal-7.61.1-22.el8_6.6.s390x.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:1842-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1842
Issue date: 2023-04-18

Topic

An update for curl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6Extended 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 Red Hat software update DoS security fix moderate severity curl

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.6) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

2167815 - CVE-2023-23916 curl: HTTP multi-header compression denial of service

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