CVE-2023-23916
First published: Tue Feb 07 2023(Updated: )
cURL libcurl is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw in the decompression chain implementation. By sending a specially-crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause memory errors, and results in a denial of service condition.
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| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| debian/curl | <=7.64.0-4+deb10u2 | 7.64.0-4+deb10u7 7.74.0-1.3+deb11u9 7.74.0-1.3+deb11u10 7.88.1-10+deb12u3 7.88.1-10+deb12u4 8.4.0-2 |
| redhat/curl | <7.88.0 | 7.88.0 |
| IBM IBM® Engineering Requirements Management DOORS | <=9.7.2.7 | |
| IBM IBM® Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Web Access | <=9.7.2.7 | |
| Haxx Curl | >=7.57.0<7.88.0 | |
| Fedoraproject Fedora | =36 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =10.0 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =11.0 | |
| All of | ||
| Netapp H300s Firmware | ||
| Netapp H300s | ||
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| Netapp H500s Firmware | ||
| Netapp H500s | ||
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| Netapp H700s Firmware | ||
| Netapp H700s | ||
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| Netapp H410s Firmware | ||
| Netapp H410s | ||
| NetApp Clustered Data ONTAP | ||
| Splunk Universal Forwarder | >=8.2.0<8.2.12 | |
| Splunk Universal Forwarder | >=9.0.0<9.0.6 | |
| Splunk Universal Forwarder | =9.1.0 | |
| Netapp H300s Firmware | ||
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| Netapp H500s Firmware | ||
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| Netapp H700s Firmware | ||
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| Netapp H410s Firmware | ||
| Netapp H410s |
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Reference Links
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1826048
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00035.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BQKE6TXYDHOTFHLTBZ5X73GTKI7II5KO/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-12
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230309-0006/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5365
- https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2023-23916.html
- https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/dbcced8e32b50c068ac297106f0502ee200a1ebd
- https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/119fb187192a9ea13dc90d9d20c215fc82799ab9
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-23916
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=2170751
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=2170752
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1140
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1701
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1842
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3355
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3354
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3460
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2023-23916
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:4139
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2167815
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/247437
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7124058 (Advisory)
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BQKE6TXYDHOTFHLTBZ5X73GTKI7II5KO/
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the vulnerability ID of this vulnerability?
The vulnerability ID is CVE-2023-23916.
What is the severity rating of CVE-2023-23916?
The severity rating of CVE-2023-23916 is medium.
Which software versions are affected by CVE-2023-23916?
CVE-2023-23916 affects curl versions lower than v7.88.0.
How can I fix CVE-2023-23916?
To fix CVE-2023-23916, you should update the affected curl version to v7.88.0 or higher.
Can you provide more information about CVE-2023-23916?
CVE-2023-23916 is an allocation of resources without limits or throttling vulnerability in curl based on the "chained" HTTP compression algorithms.
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