SB2020120927 - Information disclosure in curl (Alpine package)
Published: December 9, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020120927
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-8284)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to the way cURL handles PASV responses. A remote attacker with control over malicious FTP server can use the PASV response to trick curl into connecting
back to a given IP address and port, and this way potentially make curl
extract information about services that are otherwise private and not
disclosed, for example doing port scanning and service banner extractions.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.