CVE-2023-38546

This flaw allows an attacker to insert cookies at will into a running program
using libcurl, if the specific series of conditions are met.

libcurl performs transfers. In its API, an application creates "easy handles"
that are the individual handles for single transfers.

libcurl provides a function call that duplicates en easy handle called
[curl_easy_duphandle](https://curl.se/libcurl/c/curl_easy_duphandle.html).

If a transfer has cookies enabled when the handle is duplicated, the
cookie-enable state is also cloned - but without cloning the actual
cookies. If the source handle did not read any cookies from a specific file on
disk, the cloned version of the handle would instead store the file name as
`none` (using the four ASCII letters, no quotes).

Subsequent use of the cloned handle that does not explicitly set a source to
load cookies from would then inadvertently load cookies from a file named
`none` - if such a file exists and is readable in the current directory of the
program using libcurl. And if using the correct file format of course.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
3.7 LOW
NETWORK
HIGH
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
hackeroneCNA
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 43%
VendorProductVersion
haxxlibcurl
7.9.1 ≤
𝑥
< 8.4.0
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
curl
bullseye
7.74.0-1.3+deb11u13
fixed
bullseye (security)
7.74.0-1.3+deb11u14
fixed
bookworm
7.88.1-10+deb12u8
fixed
bookworm (security)
7.88.1-10+deb12u5
fixed
sid
8.11.1-1
fixed
trixie
8.11.1-1
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
curl
oracular
Fixed 8.2.1-1ubuntu3.1
released
noble
Fixed 8.2.1-1ubuntu3.1
released
mantic
Fixed 8.2.1-1ubuntu3.1
released
lunar
Fixed 7.88.1-8ubuntu2.3
released
jammy
Fixed 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.14
released
focal
Fixed 7.68.0-1ubuntu2.20
released
bionic
Fixed 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.24+esm2
released
xenial
Fixed 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.19+esm10
released
trusty
Fixed 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm17
released