Echo: curl-7.69.1: security update to 7.69.1+e2curl-8.1.1: security update to 8.1.1+e2curl-8.8.0: security update to 8.8.0+e2

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 478453

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- libcurl's ASN1 parser code has the `GTime2str()` function, used for parsing an ASN.1 Generalized Time
field. If given an syntactically incorrect field, the parser might end up using -1 for the length of the
*time fraction*, leading to a `strlen()` getting performed on a pointer to a heap buffer area that is not
(purposely) null terminated. This flaw most likely leads to a crash, but can also lead to heap contents
getting returned to the application when
[CURLINFO_CERTINFO](https://curl.se/libcurl/c/CURLINFO_CERTINFO.html) is used. (CVE-2024-7264)

Solution

Update the curl-7.69.1 library and its related packages to version 7.69.1+e2 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2024-7264

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 478453

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 11/5/2026

Updated: 11/5/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 94.39

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-7264

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/5/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/31/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-7264