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 libcurl-develUpgrade libcurlUpgrade 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 curlUpgrade libcurl | 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-minimalUpgrade libcurl-develUpgrade libcurl-debuginfoUpgrade curlUpgrade libcurl-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade curl-debugsourceUpgrade libcurlUpgrade curl-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade curl-debuginfo | 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 libcurlUpgrade libcurl-devel | Nov 2, 2021 | Aug 5, 2021 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp9 | — | Upgrade curlUpgrade libcurl | 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 libcurlUpgrade curlUpgrade libcurl-minimal | Sep 22, 2021 | Jul 21, 2021 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade libcurl-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade libcurl-minimalUpgrade libcurl-develUpgrade libcurlUpgrade curl-debuginfoUpgrade libcurl-debuginfoUpgrade curlUpgrade curl-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade curl-debugsource | Sep 22, 2021 | Aug 5, 2021 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade curl-debugsourceUpgrade curlUpgrade libcurlUpgrade curl-debuginfoUpgrade libcurl-debuginfoUpgrade libcurl-develUpgrade libcurl-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade libcurl-minimal | Mar 12, 2024 | Aug 5, 2021 |
| Splunk | — | Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to version 8.2.12Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to version 9.0.6Upgrade Splunk Universal Forwarder to version 9.0.6Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to version 9.1.1Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to version 8.1.14Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to version 9.0.5Upgrade Splunk Universal Forwarder to version 8.2.12Upgrade Splunk Universal Forwarder to version 9.1.1Upgrade Splunk Universal Forwarder to version 8.1.14Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to version 8.2.11Upgrade Splunk Universal Forwarder to version 9.0.5Upgrade Splunk Universal Forwarder to version 8.2.11 | Sep 30, 2025 | Aug 5, 2021 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libcurl4Upgrade curl-miniUpgrade libcurl4-miniUpgrade libcurl-develUpgrade libcurl-mini-develUpgrade libcurl4-openssl1Upgrade libcurl4-openssl1-x86Upgrade libcurl4-openssl1-32bitUpgrade curl-openssl1Upgrade libcurl4-32bitUpgrade curlUpgrade libcurl-devel-32bit | 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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