cURL libcurl security bypass | CVE-2022-27779
NAME
cURL libcurl security bypass
- Platforms Affected:
cURL libcurl 7.82.0
cURL libcurl 7.83.0 - Risk Level:
9.1 - Exploitability:
Unproven - Consequences:
Bypass Security
DESCRIPTION
cURL libcurl could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by a flaw with wrongly allows HTTP cookies to be set for Top Level Domains (TLDs). By using a specially-crafted host name whit a trailing dot, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to allow arbitrary sites to set cookies that then would get sent to a different and unrelated site or domain.
CVSS 3.0 Information
- Privileges Required: None
- User Interaction: None
- Scope: Unchanged
- Access Vector: Network
- Access Complexity: Low
- Confidentiality Impact: High
- Integrity Impact: High
- Availability Impact: None
- Remediation Level: Official Fix
MITIGATION
Refer to Project curl Security Advisory, May 11 2022 for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information. See References.
- Reference Link:
https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2022-27779.html - Reference Link:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-27779
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