CVE-2023-38546

This flaw allows an attacker to insert cookies at will into a running program using libcurl, if the specific series of conditions are met. libcurl performs transfers. In its API, an application creates "easy handles" that are the individual handles for single transfers. libcurl provides a function call that duplicates en easy handle called [curl_easy_duphandle](https://curl.se/libcurl/c/curl_easy_duphandle.html). If a transfer has cookies enabled when the handle is duplicated, the cookie-enable state is also cloned - but without cloning the actual cookies. If the source handle did not read any cookies from a specific file on disk, the cloned version of the handle would instead store the file name as `none` (using the four ASCII letters, no quotes). Subsequent use of the cloned handle that does not explicitly set a source to load cookies from would then inadvertently load cookies from a file named `none` - if such a file exists and is readable in the current directory of the program using libcurl. And if using the correct file format of course.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:haxx:libcurl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

26 Jan 2024, 17:15

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References
  • () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/34 -
  • () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/37 -
  • () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/38 -

23 Jan 2024, 14:15

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References
  • () https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214036 -

22 Jan 2024, 19:15

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References
  • () https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214057 -
  • () https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214058 -
  • () https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214063 -

28 Oct 2023, 03:15

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References
  • (MISC) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OGMXNRNSJ4ETDK6FRNU3J7SABXPWCHSQ/ -

25 Oct 2023, 13:23

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CWE NVD-CWE-noinfo
References (MISC) https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2023-38546.html - (MISC) https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2023-38546.html - Patch, Third Party Advisory
First Time Haxx libcurl
Haxx
CPE cpe:2.3:a:haxx:libcurl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 3.7

18 Oct 2023, 04:15

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2023-10-18 04:15

Updated : 2024-01-26 17:15


NVD link : CVE-2023-38546

Mitre link : CVE-2023-38546

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-38546


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Products Affected

haxx

  • libcurl