CVE-2023-23914
Published: 15 February 2023
A cleartext transmission of sensitive information vulnerability exists in curl <v7.88.0 that could cause HSTS functionality fail when multiple URLs are requested serially. Using its HSTS support, curl can be instructed to use HTTPS instead of usingan insecure clear-text HTTP step even when HTTP is provided in the URL. ThisHSTS mechanism would however surprisingly be ignored by subsequent transferswhen done on the same command line because the state would not be properlycarried on.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| mdeslaur | introduced in 7.77 |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
curl Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
| focal |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
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| jammy |
Released
(7.81.0-1ubuntu1.8)
|
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| kinetic |
Released
(7.85.0-1ubuntu0.3)
|
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| trusty |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(7.88.0)
|
|
| xenial |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
|
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Patches: upstream: https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/076a2f629119222aeeb50f5a03bf9f9052fabb9a upstream: https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/0bf8b796a0ea98395b390c7807187982215f5c11 upstream: https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/ca02a77f05bd5cef20618c8f741aa48b7be0a648 upstream: https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/dc0725244a3163f1e2d5f51165db3a1a430f3ba0 upstream: https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/ea5aaaa5ede53819f8bc7ae767fc2d13d3704d37 |
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Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 9.1 |
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | None |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |