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Medium ALAS2-2021-1700 4 CVEs

Moderate: curl security update (Amazon Linux 2)

Published Sep 8, 2021 · Updated Sep 23, 2025

Summary

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2021-22925: A flaw was found in the way curl handled telnet protocol option for sending environment variables, which could lead to sending of uninitialized data from a stack-based buffer to the server. This issue leads to potentially revealing sensitive internal information to the server using a clear-text network protocol. 1970902: CVE-2021-22925 curl: Incorrect fix for CVE-2021-22898 TELNET stack contents disclosure CVE-2021-22924: A flaw was found in libcurl in the way libcurl handles previously used connections without accounting for 'issuer cert' and comparing the involved paths case-insensitively. This flaw allows libcurl to use the wrong connection. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality. 1981460: CVE-2021-22924 curl: Bad connection reuse due to flawed path name checks CVE-2021-22923: A flaw was found in curl in the way curl handles credentials when downloading content using the Metalink feature. This flaw allows malicious actors controlling a hosting server to gain access to credentials provided while downloading content without the user's knowledge. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality. 1981438: CVE-2021-22923 curl: Metalink download sends credentials CVE-2021-22922: A flaw was found in curl in the way curl handles a file hash mismatch after downloading content using the Metalink feature. This flaw allows malicious actors controlling a hosting server to trick users into downloading malicious content. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to integrity. 1981435: CVE-2021-22922 curl: Content not matching hash in Metalink is not being discarded

Fixed packages 4

ReleasePackageFixed in
Amazon Linux · 2 curl 0:7.76.1-7.amzn2.0.2
Amazon Linux · 2 curl-debuginfo 0:7.76.1-7.amzn2.0.2
Amazon Linux · 2 libcurl 0:7.76.1-7.amzn2.0.2
Amazon Linux · 2 libcurl-devel 0:7.76.1-7.amzn2.0.2

Vulnerabilities 4

References

  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-22922.html
  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-22923.html
  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-22924.html
  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-22925.html