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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2022-27781: Security patch for curl (ALAS-2022-1646)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2022-27781: Security patch for curl (ALAS-2022-1646)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
05/11/2022
Created
12/12/2022
Added
12/10/2022
Modified
12/10/2022

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-upgrade-curl

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