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CVE-2021-22925

Published: 21 July 2021

curl supports the `-t` command line option, known as `CURLOPT_TELNETOPTIONS`in libcurl. This rarely used option is used to send variable=content pairs toTELNET servers.Due to flaw in the option parser for sending `NEW_ENV` variables, libcurlcould be made to pass on uninitialized data from a stack based buffer to theserver. Therefore potentially revealing sensitive internal information to theserver using a clear-text network protocol.This could happen because curl did not call and use sscanf() correctly whenparsing the string provided by the application.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
caused by incomplete fix for CVE-2021-22898

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.3

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
curl
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (7.58.0-2ubuntu3.14)
focal
Released (7.68.0-1ubuntu2.6)
groovy Ignored
(end of life)
hirsute
Released (7.74.0-1ubuntu2.1)
impish
Released (7.74.0-1.2ubuntu4)
jammy
Released (7.74.0-1.2ubuntu4)
kinetic
Released (7.74.0-1.2ubuntu4)
lunar
Released (7.74.0-1.2ubuntu4)
trusty
Released (7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm14)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
upstream
Released (7.78.0)
xenial
Released (7.47.0-1ubuntu2.19+esm3)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/894f6ec730597eb243618d33cc84d71add8d6a8a

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.3
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N