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FreeBSD: VID-C9221EC9-17A2-11EC-B335-D4C9EF517024 (CVE-2021-22945): cURL -- Multiple vulnerabilities

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FreeBSD: VID-C9221EC9-17A2-11EC-B335-D4C9EF517024 (CVE-2021-22945): cURL -- Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
09/15/2021
Created
11/08/2022
Added
11/04/2022
Modified
11/04/2022

Description

When sending data to an MQTT server, libcurl <= 7.73.0 and 7.78.0 could in some circumstances erroneously keep a pointer to an already freed memory area and both use that again in a subsequent call to send data and also free it *again*.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-curl

References

  • CVE-2021-22945
  • USN-5079-1
  • USN-5079-3

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