MGASA-2023-0288 - Updated the curl packages to fix two security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 13 Oct 2023
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0288.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 8, 9
CVE: CVE-2023-38545,
     CVE-2023-38546

curl/libcurl is vulnerable to a heap buffer overflow in its SOCKS5
support that could be exploited by a remote web server when curl is
configured to use a SOCKS5 proxy with remote hostname resolution.

libcurl is vulnerable to a cookie injection attack where a local
attacker can inject cookies into certain vulnerable applications using
libcurl.

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32362
- https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2023-38545.html
- https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2023-38546.html
- https://hackerone.com/reports/2187833
- https://hackerone.com/reports/2148242
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-38545
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-38546
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-38545
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-38546

SRPMS:
- 9/core/curl-7.88.1-3.2.mga9
- 8/core/curl-7.74.0-1.14.mga8

Mageia 2023-0288: the curl security update

curl/libcurl is vulnerable to a heap buffer overflow in its SOCKS5 support that could be exploited by a remote web server when curl is configured to use a SOCKS5 proxy with remote ...

Summary

curl/libcurl is vulnerable to a heap buffer overflow in its SOCKS5 support that could be exploited by a remote web server when curl is configured to use a SOCKS5 proxy with remote hostname resolution.
libcurl is vulnerable to a cookie injection attack where a local attacker can inject cookies into certain vulnerable applications using libcurl.

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32362

- https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2023-38545.html

- https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2023-38546.html

- https://hackerone.com/reports/2187833

- https://hackerone.com/reports/2148242

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-38545

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-38546

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-38545

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-38546

Resolution

MGASA-2023-0288 - Updated the curl packages to fix two security vulnerabilities

SRPMS

- 9/core/curl-7.88.1-3.2.mga9

- 8/core/curl-7.74.0-1.14.mga8

Severity
Publication date: 13 Oct 2023
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0288.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2023-38545, CVE-2023-38546

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