When curl >= 7.20.0 and <= 7.78.0 connects to an IMAP or POP3 server to retrieve data using STARTTLS to upgrade to TLS security, the server can respond and send back multiple responses at once that curl caches. curl would then upgrade to TLS but not flush the in-queue of cached responses but instead continue using and trustingthe responses it got *before* the TLS handshake as if they were authenticated.Using this flaw, it allows a Man-In-The-Middle attacker to first inject the fake responses, then pass-through the TLS traffic from the legitimate server and trick curl into sending data back to the user thinking the attacker's injected data comes from the TLS-protected server.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.9
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade libcurl-develUpgrade curlUpgrade libcurl-minimalUpgrade libcurl | May 4, 2022 | Sep 29, 2021 |
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade curl | Aug 22, 2024 | Sep 29, 2021 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade curlUpgrade libcurl-develUpgrade libcurlUpgrade curl-debuginfo | Jul 4, 2022 | Sep 29, 2021 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade curl | Nov 16, 2021 | Sep 15, 2021 |
| Apple Osx Curl | — | Upgrade macOS to the latest version | Mar 18, 2022 | Mar 14, 2022 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade curl-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade libcurl-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade curl-debuginfoUpgrade curl-debugsourceUpgrade libcurlUpgrade libcurl-minimalUpgrade libcurl-debuginfoUpgrade libcurl-develUpgrade curl | Nov 9, 2021 | Nov 2, 2021 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade curl | Nov 29, 2021 | Sep 29, 2021 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade curl | Nov 4, 2022 | Sep 17, 2021 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade net-misc/curl. | Dec 19, 2022 | Sep 29, 2021 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp10 | — | Upgrade curlUpgrade libcurl | Feb 28, 2022 | Sep 29, 2021 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | — | Upgrade libcurlUpgrade curlUpgrade libcurl-devel | Dec 28, 2021 | Sep 29, 2021 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp9 | — | Upgrade curlUpgrade libcurl | Jan 28, 2022 | Sep 29, 2021 |
| Msft | — | 2022-01 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows Server 2022, version 22H2 (KB5009555)2022-01 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows 11, version 21H2 (KB5009566)2022-01 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows Server 2022, version 21H2 (KB5009555)2022-01 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows 10, version 1909 (KB5009545)2022-01 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows Server 2019, version 1809 (KB5009557)2022-01 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows 10, version 21H1 (KB5009543)2022-01 Cumulative Update for Windows Server, version 20H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5009543)2022-01 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows 10, version 1809 (KB5009557)2022-01 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows 10, version 20H2 (KB5009543)2022-01 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Windows 10, version 21H2 (KB5009543) | Jan 11, 2022 | Jan 11, 2022 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade web/curl to version 7.79.0-11.4.39.0.1.107.0 on Solaris 11.4 | Nov 17, 2021 | Nov 17, 2021 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade libcurl-develUpgrade libcurl-minimalUpgrade libcurlUpgrade curl | Nov 3, 2021 | Sep 15, 2021 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution existsUpgrade libcurl-minimalUpgrade libcurlUpgrade libcurl-debuginfoUpgrade libcurl-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade curl-debugsourceUpgrade curl-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade libcurl-develUpgrade curl-debuginfoUpgrade curl | Nov 9, 2021 | Nov 2, 2021 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade libcurl-develUpgrade curl-debugsourceUpgrade curlUpgrade libcurl-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade curl-debuginfoUpgrade libcurl-debuginfoUpgrade libcurl-minimalUpgrade libcurl | May 5, 2022 | Sep 29, 2021 |
| Splunk | — | Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to version 9.0.5Upgrade Splunk Universal Forwarder to version 9.0.6Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to version 9.0.6Upgrade Splunk Universal Forwarder to version 8.2.11Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to version 8.1.14Upgrade Splunk Universal Forwarder to version 9.1.1Upgrade Splunk Universal Forwarder to version 9.0.5Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to version 9.1.1Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to version 8.2.12Upgrade Splunk Universal Forwarder to version 8.2.12Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to version 8.2.11Upgrade Splunk Universal Forwarder to version 8.1.14 | Sep 30, 2025 | Sep 29, 2021 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libcurl-develUpgrade libcurl-devel-32bitUpgrade libcurl4-openssl1-32bitUpgrade libcurl4-openssl1-x86Upgrade curl-openssl1Upgrade libcurl4-32bitUpgrade libcurl4-openssl1Upgrade curlUpgrade curl-miniUpgrade libcurl-mini-develUpgrade libcurl4-miniUpgrade libcurl4 | Sep 24, 2021 | Sep 15, 2021 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libcurl4Upgrade libcurl3-gnutls (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libcurl3-gnutlsUpgrade libcurl3-nssUpgrade libcurl3 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade curlUpgrade libcurl3-nss (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade curl (Ubuntu Pro) | Sep 16, 2021 | Sep 15, 2021 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Sep 29, 2021 |
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