CVE-2020-8286

Publication date 9 December 2020

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

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.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
curl 20.10 groovy
Fixed 7.68.0-1ubuntu4.2
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 7.68.0-1ubuntu2.4
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.12
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.18
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected

Notes

alexmurray

Affects curl versions between and including 7.41.0 and 7.73.0

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
curl

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact High
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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