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CentOS Linux: CVE-2018-1000120: Moderate: curl and nss-pem security and bug fix update (CESA-2018:3157)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2018-1000120: Moderate: curl and nss-pem security and bug fix update (CESA-2018:3157)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/14/2018
Created
08/29/2019
Added
08/28/2019
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

A buffer overflow exists in curl 7.12.3 to and including curl 7.58.0 in the FTP URL handling that allows an attacker to cause a denial of service or worse.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-curl
  • centos-upgrade-curl-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-libcurl
  • centos-upgrade-libcurl-devel
  • centos-upgrade-nss-pem
  • centos-upgrade-nss-pem-debuginfo

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