Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information Affecting libcurl-devel package, versions <0:7.61.1-18.el8_4.1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE8-LIBCURLDEVEL-2587639
- published 10 Apr 2022
- disclosed 5 Aug 2021
How to fix?
Upgrade Oracle:8 libcurl-devel to version 0:7.61.1-18.el8_4.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2021-3582.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libcurl-devel package and not the libcurl-devel package as distributed by Oracle.
See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
When curl is instructed to get content using the metalink feature, and a user name and password are used to download the metalink XML file, those same credentials are then subsequently passed on to each of the servers from which curl will download or try to download the contents from. Often contrary to the user's expectations and intentions and without telling the user it happened.
References
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2021-22923.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2021-3582.html
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1213181
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FRUCW2UVNYUDZF72DQLFQR4PJEC6CF7V/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210902-0003/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202212-01
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FRUCW2UVNYUDZF72DQLFQR4PJEC6CF7V/