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 libcurl-minimalUpgrade libcurlUpgrade libcurl-develUpgrade curl | May 4, 2022 | Aug 5, 2021 |
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade curl | Aug 22, 2024 | Aug 5, 2021 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade libcurl-develUpgrade curl-debuginfoUpgrade libcurlUpgrade curl | 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 libcurl-develUpgrade libcurl-minimalUpgrade libcurl-debuginfoUpgrade curlUpgrade libcurlUpgrade curl-debuginfoUpgrade libcurl-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade curl-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade curl-debugsource | 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-minimalUpgrade curlUpgrade libcurlUpgrade libcurl-devel | Sep 22, 2021 | Jul 21, 2021 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade libcurl-debuginfoUpgrade curl-debuginfoUpgrade libcurlUpgrade libcurl-develUpgrade curl-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade curlUpgrade curl-debugsourceUpgrade libcurl-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade libcurl-minimal | Sep 22, 2021 | Aug 5, 2021 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade curl-debuginfoUpgrade curlUpgrade curl-debugsourceUpgrade libcurlUpgrade libcurl-debuginfoUpgrade libcurl-develUpgrade libcurl-minimalUpgrade libcurl-minimal-debuginfo | Mar 12, 2024 | Aug 5, 2021 |
| Splunk | — | Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to version 8.1.14Upgrade Splunk Universal Forwarder to version 8.2.11Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to version 9.0.5Upgrade Splunk Universal Forwarder to version 8.2.12Upgrade Splunk Universal Forwarder to version 8.1.14Upgrade Splunk Universal Forwarder to version 9.0.5Upgrade Splunk Universal Forwarder to version 9.1.1Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to version 9.1.1Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to version 8.2.11Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to version 9.0.6Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to version 8.2.12Upgrade Splunk Universal Forwarder to version 9.0.6 | Sep 30, 2025 | Aug 5, 2021 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libcurl-develUpgrade curl-miniUpgrade libcurl4Upgrade libcurl-mini-develUpgrade libcurl4-miniUpgrade curlUpgrade libcurl4-openssl1Upgrade libcurl4-32bitUpgrade libcurl-devel-32bitUpgrade libcurl4-openssl1-x86Upgrade libcurl4-openssl1-32bitUpgrade 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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