UBUNTU-CVE-2022-27781

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2022-27781

    Published: 11 May 2022Last Modified: 27 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2022-27781

    Summary:

    Details: libcurl provides the `CURLOPT_CERTINFO` option to allow applications torequest details to be returned about a server's certificate chain.Due to an erroneous function, a malicious server could make libcurl built withNSS get stuck in a never-ending busy-loop when trying to retrieve thatinformation. Due to an erroneous function, a malicious server could make libcurl built with NSS get stuck in a never-ending busy-loop when trying to retrieve that information.]

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-27781, https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2022-27781.html, https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/f6c335d63f, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5412-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5499-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-27781

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: curl

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+esm11?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm11

    Affected versions

    7.32.0-1ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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