vulnerability
IBM AIX: curl_advisory2 (CVE-2022-43552): Security vulnerabilities in cURL for AIX
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Feb 9, 2023 | Jul 27, 2023 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Feb 9, 2023
Added
Jul 27, 2023
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
A use after free vulnerability exists in curl <7.87.0. Curl can be asked to *tunnel* virtually all protocols it supports through an HTTP proxy. HTTP proxies can (and often do) deny such tunnel operations. When getting denied to tunnel the specific protocols SMB or TELNET, curl would use a heap-allocated struct after it had been freed, in its transfer shutdown code path.
Solution
ibm-aix-curl_advisory2
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