Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information Affecting libcurl-minimal package, versions <0:7.88.0-1.amzn2023.0.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (51st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-LIBCURLMINIMAL-3350503
  • published7 Mar 2023
  • disclosed23 Feb 2023

Introduced: 23 Feb 2023

CVE-2023-23914  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-319  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 libcurl-minimal to version 0:7.88.0-1.amzn2023.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2023-114.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libcurl-minimal package and not the libcurl-minimal package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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