RHSA-2021:0877MediumCVSS 6.3

Red Hat Security Advisory: curl security update

Published
March 16, 2021
Last Modified
August 4, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2019-5482 →

📋 Description

CVE-2019-5482 — curl: heap buffer overflow in function tftp_receive_packet()

🎯 Affected products52

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7)
  • curl-0:7.29.0-51.el7_6.4.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6)
  • curl-0:7.29.0-51.el7_6.4.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6)
  • curl-0:7.29.0-51.el7_6.4.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7)
  • curl-0:7.29.0-51.el7_6.4.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6)
  • curl-0:7.29.0-51.el7_6.4.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7)
  • curl-0:7.29.0-51.el7_6.4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.6)
  • curl-0:7.29.0-51.el7_6.4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6)
  • curl-0:7.29.0-51.el7_6.4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7)
  • curl-0:7.29.0-51.el7_6.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.6)
  • curl-0:7.29.0-51.el7_6.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6)
  • curl-debuginfo-0:7.29.0-51.el7_6.4.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.6)
  • curl-debuginfo-0:7.29.0-51.el7_6.4.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.6)
  • curl-debuginfo-0:7.29.0-51.el7_6.4.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6)
  • curl-debuginfo-0:7.29.0-51.el7_6.4.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6)
  • curl-debuginfo-0:7.29.0-51.el7_6.4.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6)
  • curl-debuginfo-0:7.29.0-51.el7_6.4.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6)
  • curl-debuginfo-0:7.29.0-51.el7_6.4.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7)
  • curl-debuginfo-0:7.29.0-51.el7_6.4.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6)
  • curl-debuginfo-0:7.29.0-51.el7_6.4.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7)
  • curl-debuginfo-0:7.29.0-51.el7_6.4.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6)
  • curl-debuginfo-0:7.29.0-51.el7_6.4.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7)
  • curl-debuginfo-0:7.29.0-51.el7_6.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.6)
  • curl-debuginfo-0:7.29.0-51.el7_6.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.6)
  • curl-debuginfo-0:7.29.0-51.el7_6.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6)
  • libcurl-0:7.29.0-51.el7_6.4.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.6)
  • libcurl-0:7.29.0-51.el7_6.4.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6)
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✅ Remediation

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Workaround: Do not use TFTP with curl with smaller than the default BLKSIZE.

🔗 References (4)