vulnerability
Amazon Linux 2023: CVE-2023-38039: Important priority package update for curl
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Sep 13, 2023 | Feb 17, 2025 | Jul 4, 2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Sep 13, 2023
Added
Feb 17, 2025
Modified
Jul 4, 2025
Description
When curl retrieves an HTTP response, it stores the incoming headers so that
they can be accessed later via the libcurl headers API.
However, curl did not have a limit in how many or how large headers it would
accept in a response, allowing a malicious server to stream an endless series
of headers and eventually cause curl to run out of heap memory.
A flaw was found in the Curl package. Curl allows a malicious server to stream an endless series of headers to a client due to missing limit on header quantity, eventually causing curl to run out of heap memory, which may lead to a crash.
they can be accessed later via the libcurl headers API.
However, curl did not have a limit in how many or how large headers it would
accept in a response, allowing a malicious server to stream an endless series
of headers and eventually cause curl to run out of heap memory.
A flaw was found in the Curl package. Curl allows a malicious server to stream an endless series of headers to a client due to missing limit on header quantity, eventually causing curl to run out of heap memory, which may lead to a crash.
Solutions
amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-curlamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-curl-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-curl-debugsourceamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-curl-minimalamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-curl-minimal-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-libcurlamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-libcurl-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-libcurl-develamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-libcurl-minimalamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-libcurl-minimal-debuginfo
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