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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2018-16839: Security patch for curl (ALAS-2019-1148)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2018-16839: Security patch for curl (ALAS-2019-1148)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/31/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
01/25/2019
Modified
03/02/2020

Description

Curl versions 7.33.0 through 7.61.1 are vulnerable to a buffer overrun in the SASL authentication code that may lead to denial of service.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-curl

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