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F5 Networks: K63525058: cURL vulnerability CVE-2020-8284

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F5 Networks: K63525058: cURL vulnerability CVE-2020-8284

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
12/09/2020
Created
02/23/2021
Added
02/19/2021
Modified
12/11/2023

Description

A malicious server can use the FTP PASV response to trick curl 7.73.0 and earlier into connecting back to a given IP address and port, and this way potentially make curl extract information about services that are otherwise private and not disclosed, for example doing port scanning and service banner extractions.

Solution(s)

  • f5-big-ip-upgrade-latest

References

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