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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.3
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade libcurlUpgrade libcurl-develUpgrade curlUpgrade libcurl-minimal | May 4, 2022 | Aug 5, 2021 |
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade curl | Aug 22, 2024 | Aug 5, 2021 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade libcurlUpgrade curlUpgrade libcurl-develUpgrade curl-debuginfo | Sep 16, 2021 | Aug 5, 2021 |
| Arch Linux | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux | Jul 11, 2025 | Aug 5, 2021 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade curlUpgrade libcurl-develUpgrade libcurl-debuginfoUpgrade libcurl-minimalUpgrade curl-debugsourceUpgrade libcurl-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade curl-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade curl-debuginfoUpgrade libcurl | Sep 22, 2021 | Aug 5, 2021 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade curl | Jul 30, 2024 | Aug 5, 2021 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade curl | Nov 4, 2022 | Jul 21, 2021 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade net-misc/curl. | Dec 19, 2022 | Aug 5, 2021 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | — | Upgrade curlUpgrade libcurl-develUpgrade libcurl | Nov 2, 2021 | Aug 5, 2021 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp9 | — | Upgrade libcurlUpgrade curl | Nov 12, 2021 | Aug 5, 2021 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade web/curl to version 7.79.0-11.4.39.0.1.107.0 on Solaris 11.4 | Nov 17, 2021 | Aug 5, 2021 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade libcurl-develUpgrade curlUpgrade libcurlUpgrade libcurl-minimal | Sep 22, 2021 | Jul 21, 2021 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade curl-debuginfoUpgrade libcurlUpgrade curl-debugsourceUpgrade libcurl-develUpgrade curlUpgrade curl-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade libcurl-debuginfoUpgrade libcurl-minimalUpgrade libcurl-minimal-debuginfo | Sep 22, 2021 | Aug 5, 2021 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade libcurl-develUpgrade curl-debugsourceUpgrade libcurlUpgrade curlUpgrade libcurl-debuginfoUpgrade curl-debuginfoUpgrade libcurl-minimalUpgrade libcurl-minimal-debuginfo | Mar 12, 2024 | Aug 5, 2021 |
| Splunk | — | Upgrade Splunk Universal Forwarder to version 9.0.6Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to version 9.0.6Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to version 8.2.12Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to version 8.1.14Upgrade Splunk Universal Forwarder to version 8.2.11Upgrade Splunk Universal Forwarder to version 9.0.5Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to version 9.1.1Upgrade Splunk Universal Forwarder to version 8.2.12Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to version 9.0.5Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to version 8.2.11Upgrade Splunk Universal Forwarder to version 9.1.1Upgrade Splunk Universal Forwarder to version 8.1.14 | Sep 30, 2025 | Aug 5, 2021 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libcurl-develUpgrade libcurl4Upgrade libcurl4-miniUpgrade curl-miniUpgrade libcurl-mini-develUpgrade curlUpgrade libcurl4-openssl1-32bitUpgrade libcurl4-openssl1-x86Upgrade libcurl4-openssl1Upgrade libcurl4-32bitUpgrade libcurl-devel-32bitUpgrade curl-openssl1 | Jul 22, 2021 | Jul 21, 2021 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Aug 5, 2021 |
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