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Alpine Linux: CVE-2020-8169: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2020-8169: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
12/14/2020
Created
09/24/2020
Added
12/14/2020
Modified
04/09/2024

Description

curl 7.62.0 through 7.70.0 is vulnerable to an information disclosure vulnerability that can lead to a partial password being leaked over the network and to the DNS server(s).

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-curl

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