Oracle Linux: CVE-2020-8286: ELSA-2021-1610: curl security and bug fix update (MODERATE) (Multiple Advisories)
Description
curl 7.41.0 through 7.73.0 is vulnerable to an improper check for certificate revocation due to insufficient verification of the OCSP response. Libcurl offers "OCSP stapling" via the CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYSTATUS option. When set, libcurl verifies the OCSP response that a server responds with as part of the TLS handshake. It then aborts the TLS negotiation if something is wrong with the response. The same feature can be enabled with --cert-status using the curl tool. As part of the OCSP response verification, a client should verify that the response is indeed set out for the correct certificate. This step was not performed by libcurl when built or told to use OpenSSL as TLS backend.
Solution(s)
- oracle-linux-upgrade-curl
- oracle-linux-upgrade-libcurl
- oracle-linux-upgrade-libcurl-devel
- oracle-linux-upgrade-libcurl-minimal
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