Moderate: curl security update

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-32206   CVE-2023-23916  

Synopsis

Moderate: curl security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Moderate

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Topic

An update for curl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

The curl packages provide the libcurl library and the curl utility for downloading files from servers using various protocols, including HTTP, FTP, and LDAP.

Security Fix(es):

  • curl: HTTP compression denial of service (CVE-2022-32206)
  • curl: HTTP multi-header compression denial of service (CVE-2023-23916)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.4 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.4 x86_64

Fixes

  • BZ - 2099300 - CVE-2022-32206 curl: HTTP compression denial of service
  • BZ - 2167815 - CVE-2023-23916 curl: HTTP multi-header compression denial of service