Vulnerability · Published Dec 14, 2020 · Assigned by hackerone
CVE-2020-8285
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in https://github.com/curl/curl. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 9.8% (higher than 96% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)9.8%top 4.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
curl 7.21.0 to and including 7.73.0 is vulnerable to uncontrolled recursion due to a stack overflow issue in FTP wildcard match parsing.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | curl | 7.74.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-8285 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | curl | 7.74.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-8285 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | curl | 7.74.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-8285 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | curl | 7.74.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-8285 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | curl | 7.74.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-8285 |
| Debian:12 | curl | 7.74.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8285 |
| Debian:13 | curl | 7.74.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8285 |
| Debian:14 | curl | 7.74.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8285 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | curl | 0:7.61.1-18.el8 | RLSA-2021:1610 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | https://github.com/curl/curl | libcurl 7.21.0 to and including 7.73.0 |
Weakness: CWE-674 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1045844 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/curl/curl/issues/6255 x_refsource_MISC
- https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2020-8285.html x_refsource_MISC
- FEDORA-2020-ceaf490686 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- [debian-lts-announce] 20201219 [SECURITY] [DLA 2500-1] curl security update mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- FEDORA-2020-7ab62c73bc vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- GLSA-202012-14 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
- DSA-4881 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
- 20210427 APPLE-SA-2021-04-26-3 Security Update 2021-002 Catalina mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210122-0007/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212325 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212326 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212327 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- [bookkeeper-issues] 20210628 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8 mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- [bookkeeper-issues] 20210629 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8 mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-389290.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html