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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2022-27781: Security patch for curl (ALAS-2023-1924)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2022-27781: Security patch for curl (ALAS-2023-1924)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
06/02/2022
Created
02/08/2023
Added
02/07/2023
Modified
02/07/2023

Description

libcurl provides the `CURLOPT_CERTINFO` option to allow applications torequest details to be returned about a server's certificate chain.Due to an erroneous function, a malicious server could make libcurl built withNSS get stuck in a never-ending busy-loop when trying to retrieve thatinformation.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-curl
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-curl-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libcurl
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libcurl-devel

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