CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-27538

Improper Authentication

Published: Mar 30, 2023 | Modified: Mar 27, 2024
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
5.5 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Ubuntu
LOW

An authentication bypass vulnerability exists in libcurl prior to v8.0.0 where it reuses a previously established SSH connection despite the fact that an SSH option was modified, which should have prevented reuse. libcurl maintains a pool of previously used connections to reuse them for subsequent transfers if the configurations match. However, two SSH settings were omitted from the configuration check, allowing them to match easily, potentially leading to the reuse of an inappropriate connection.

Weakness

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Libcurl Haxx 7.16.1 (including) 8.0.0 (excluding)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 RedHat curl-0:7.76.1-26.el9 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 RedHat curl-0:7.76.1-26.el9 *
Curl Ubuntu bionic *
Curl Ubuntu focal *
Curl Ubuntu jammy *
Curl Ubuntu kinetic *
Curl Ubuntu lunar *
Curl Ubuntu trusty *
Curl Ubuntu upstream *
Curl Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

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