| Name | CVE-2020-8169 |
| Description | curl 7.62.0 through 7.70.0 is vulnerable to an information disclosure vulnerability that can lead to a partial password being leaked over the network and to the DNS server(s). |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-4881-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 965280 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| curl (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 7.38.0-4+deb8u28 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 7.52.1-5+deb9u16 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 7.52.1-5+deb9u22 | fixed |
| buster, buster (lts) | 7.64.0-4+deb10u10 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 7.64.0-4+deb10u9 | fixed |
| bullseye | 7.74.0-1.3+deb11u13 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 7.74.0-1.3+deb11u14 | fixed |
| bookworm | 7.88.1-10+deb12u8 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 7.88.1-10+deb12u5 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 8.11.0-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| curl | source | wheezy | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| curl | source | jessie | (not affected) | | | |
| curl | source | stretch | (not affected) | | | |
| curl | source | buster | 7.64.0-4+deb10u2 | | DSA-4881-1 | |
| curl | source | (unstable) | 7.72.0-1 | | | 965280 |
Notes
[stretch] - curl <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
[jessie] - curl <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2020-8169.html
https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/600a8cded447cd7118ed50142c576567c0cf5158 (7.71.0)