Description
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.
References (15)
Core 15
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00022.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RWLEC6YVEM2HWUBX67SDGPSY4CQB72OE/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/APOAK4X73EJTAPTSVT7IRVDMUWVXNWGD/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Mar/29
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5197
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00017.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202212-01
Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/1334763
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211029-0003/
Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213183
Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
Scores
CVSS v3
5.9
EPSS
0.0025
EPSS Percentile
48.7%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-310
CWE-345
Status
published
Products (37)
None/https://github.com/curl/curl
curl 7.20.0 to and including 7.78.0
apple/macos
< 12.3
debian/debian_linux
9.0
debian/debian_linux
10.0
debian/debian_linux
11.0
fedoraproject/fedora
33
fedoraproject/fedora
35
haxx/curl
7.20.0 - 7.79.0
netapp/cloud_backup
netapp/clustered_data_ontap
... and 27 more
Published
Sep 29, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026