RHSA-2019:2181 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: curl security and bug fix update
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · August 6, 2019
Updated · September 21, 2026
Topic
An update for curl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
The curl packages provide the libcurl library and the curl utility for downloading files from servers using various protocols, including HTTP, FTP, and LDAP.
Security Fix(es):
- curl: Heap-based buffer over-read in the curl tool warning formatting (CVE-2018-16842)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Release Notes linked from the References section.