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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2024-2398: Security patch for curl (ALAS-2024-2526)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2024-2398: Security patch for curl (ALAS-2024-2526)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/27/2024
Created
05/01/2024
Added
05/01/2024
Modified
05/01/2024

Description

When an application tells libcurl it wants to allow HTTP/2 server push, and the amount of received headers for the push surpasses the maximum allowed limit (1000), libcurl aborts the server push. When aborting, libcurl inadvertently does not free all the previously allocated headers and instead leaks the memory. Further, this error condition fails silently and is therefore not easily detected by an application.

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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