RHSA-2021:3903MediumCVSS 6.5

Red Hat Security Advisory: curl security update

Published
October 19, 2021
Last Modified
October 14, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (2)

CVE-2021-22922 →CVE-2021-22923 →

📋 Description

CVE-2021-22922 — curl: Content not matching hash in Metalink is not being discarded CVE-2021-22923 — curl: Metalink download sends credentials

🎯 Affected products46

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.2)
  • curl-0:7.61.1-12.el8_2.3.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.2)
  • curl-0:7.61.1-12.el8_2.3.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.2)
  • curl-0:7.61.1-12.el8_2.3.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.2)
  • curl-0:7.61.1-12.el8_2.3.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.2)
  • curl-0:7.61.1-12.el8_2.3.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.2)
  • curl-debuginfo-0:7.61.1-12.el8_2.3.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.2)
  • curl-debuginfo-0:7.61.1-12.el8_2.3.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.2)
  • curl-debuginfo-0:7.61.1-12.el8_2.3.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.2)
  • curl-debuginfo-0:7.61.1-12.el8_2.3.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.2)
  • curl-debuginfo-0:7.61.1-12.el8_2.3.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.2)
  • curl-debugsource-0:7.61.1-12.el8_2.3.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.2)
  • curl-debugsource-0:7.61.1-12.el8_2.3.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.2)
  • curl-debugsource-0:7.61.1-12.el8_2.3.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.2)
  • curl-debugsource-0:7.61.1-12.el8_2.3.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.2)
  • curl-debugsource-0:7.61.1-12.el8_2.3.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.2)
  • curl-minimal-debuginfo-0:7.61.1-12.el8_2.3.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.2)
  • curl-minimal-debuginfo-0:7.61.1-12.el8_2.3.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.2)
  • curl-minimal-debuginfo-0:7.61.1-12.el8_2.3.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.2)
  • curl-minimal-debuginfo-0:7.61.1-12.el8_2.3.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.2)
  • curl-minimal-debuginfo-0:7.61.1-12.el8_2.3.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.2)
  • libcurl-0:7.61.1-12.el8_2.3.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.2)
  • libcurl-0:7.61.1-12.el8_2.3.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.2)
  • libcurl-0:7.61.1-12.el8_2.3.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.2)
  • libcurl-0:7.61.1-12.el8_2.3.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.2)
  • libcurl-0:7.61.1-12.el8_2.3.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.2)
  • libcurl-debuginfo-0:7.61.1-12.el8_2.3.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.2)
  • libcurl-debuginfo-0:7.61.1-12.el8_2.3.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.2)
  • libcurl-debuginfo-0:7.61.1-12.el8_2.3.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.2)
  • libcurl-debuginfo-0:7.61.1-12.el8_2.3.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.2)
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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: This flaw can be mitigated by upgrading the affected curl utility to version 7.78.0 or by disabling the metalink feature in your current build

🔗 References (5)