Information Exposure Affecting libcurl-minimal package, versions <0:8.5.0-1.amzn2023.0.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (39th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-LIBCURLMINIMAL-6147154
  • published9 Jan 2024
  • disclosed7 Dec 2023

Introduced: 7 Dec 2023

CVE-2023-46218  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-201  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 libcurl-minimal to version 0:8.5.0-1.amzn2023.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2024-472.

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.

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.

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