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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2020-19909

Change History

CVE Modified by MITRE 8/28/2023 5:15:09 AM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Changed Description
Integer overflow vulnerability in tool_operate.c in curl 7.65.2 via crafted value as the retry delay. NOTE: some third parties report that this has no direct security impact on the curl user; however, it may cause a denial of service to associated systems or networks if, for example, --retry-delay is interpreted as a value much smaller than what was intended.
** DISPUTED ** Integer overflow vulnerability in tool_operate.c in curl 7.65.2 via a large value as the retry delay. NOTE: many parties report that this has no direct security impact on the curl user; however, it may (in theory) cause a denial of service to associated systems or networks if, for example, --retry-delay is misinterpreted as a value much smaller than what was intended. This is not especially plausible because the overflow only happens if the user was trying to specify that curl should wait weeks (or longer) before trying to recover from a transient error.
Added Reference

								
							
							
						
https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2023/08/26/cve-2020-19909-is-everything-that-is-wrong-with-cves/ [No Types Assigned]