CVE-2023-46218 Affecting curl package, versions <8.5.0-r0
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE316-CURL-6104859
- published 7 Dec 2023
- disclosed 7 Dec 2023
Introduced: 7 Dec 2023
CVE-2023-46218 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Alpine:3.16 curl to version 8.5.0-r0 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream curl package and not the curl package as distributed by Alpine.
See How to fix? for Alpine:3.16 relevant fixed versions and status.
This flaw allows a malicious HTTP server to set "super cookies" in curl that are then passed back to more origins than what is otherwise allowed or possible. This allows a site to set cookies that then would get sent to different and unrelated sites and domains.
It could do this by exploiting a mixed case flaw in curl's function that
verifies a given cookie domain against the Public Suffix List (PSL). For
example a cookie could be set with domain=co.UK when the URL used a lower
case hostname curl.co.uk, even though co.uk is listed as a PSL domain.
References
- https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2023-46218.html
- https://hackerone.com/reports/2212193
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3ZX3VW67N4ACRAPMV2QS2LVYGD7H2MVE/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UOGXU25FMMT2X6UUITQ7EZZYMJ42YWWD/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00015.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5587
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240125-0007/