CVE-2020-8231
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-12-14 19:39
Modified
2024-08-04 09:56
Severity ?
Summary
Due to use of a dangling pointer, libcurl 7.29.0 through 7.71.1 can use the wrong connection when sending data.
References
support@hackerone.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdfPatch, Third Party Advisory
support@hackerone.comhttps://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2020-8231.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
support@hackerone.comhttps://hackerone.com/reports/948876Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
support@hackerone.comhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3EMailing List, Third Party Advisory
support@hackerone.comhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3EMailing List, Third Party Advisory
support@hackerone.comhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-14Third Party Advisory
support@hackerone.comhttps://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4881Third Party Advisory
support@hackerone.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdfPatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2020-8231.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://hackerone.com/reports/948876Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3EMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3EMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-14Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4881Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a https://github.com/curl/curl Version: libcurl 7.29.0 to and including 7.71.1
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