SB2023091410 - Fedora 37 update for curl
Published: September 14, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB2023091410
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-38039)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not limit the size of received headers from a single request that are stored for future reference. A remote attacker can send overly large HTTP responses to the application and consume all memory resources.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.