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Oracle Linux: CVE-2016-8619: ELSA-2019-4652: curl security update (IMPORTANT)

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Oracle Linux: CVE-2016-8619: ELSA-2019-4652: curl security update (IMPORTANT)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
11/02/2016
Created
05/24/2019
Added
05/22/2019
Modified
07/22/2024

Description

The function `read_data()` in security.c in curl before version 7.51.0 is vulnerable to memory double free.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-curl
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libcurl
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libcurl-devel

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