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CVE-2023-38546: Curl and libcurl CVE-2023-38545 and CVE-2023-38546 vulnerabilities

First published: Tue Oct 03 2023(Updated: )

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Credit: support@hackerone.com CVE-2023-38545 CVE-2023-38039 CVE-2023-38546 CVE-2023-42915 Noah Roskin-Frazee Pr Kirin @Pwnrin Ivan Fratric Google Project Zero Trend Micro Zero Day InitiativeMichael DePlante @izobashi Trend Micro Zero Day InitiativeMickey Jin @patch1t an anonymous researcher Marc Newlin SkySafeKoh M. Nakagawa @tsunek0h Yann GASCUEL Alter SolutionsAnthony Cruz Tyrant Corp @App Wojciech Regula SecuRingZhenjiang Zhao Pangu TeamQianxin Junsung Lee Meysam Firouzi @R00tkitSMM Pan ZhenPeng @Peterpan0927 STAR Labs SG PteEloi Benoist-Vanderbeken @elvanderb SynacktivCVE-2023-42893 CVE-2023-3618 CVE-2020-19185 CVE-2020-19186 CVE-2020-19187 CVE-2020-19188 CVE-2020-19189 CVE-2020-19190 Ron Masas BreakPointCsaba Fitzl @theevilbit OffSecCsaba Fitzl @theevilbit Offensive SecurityArsenii Kostromin (0x3c3e) Mattie Behrens Joshua Jewett @JoshJewett33 Zhongquan Li @Guluisacat Zhongquan Li @Guluisacat Dawn Security Lab of JingDongCVE-2023-5344 Pwn2car Zoom Offensive Security Team Nan Wang @eternalsakura13 360 Vulnerability Research Instituterushikesh nandedkar SungKwon Lee (Demon.Team) Don Clarke

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
Apple macOS Monterey<12.7.3
12.7.3
ubuntu/curl<7.58.0-2ubuntu3.24+
7.58.0-2ubuntu3.24+
ubuntu/curl<7.68.0-1ubuntu2.20
7.68.0-1ubuntu2.20
ubuntu/curl<7.81.0-1ubuntu1.14
7.81.0-1ubuntu1.14
ubuntu/curl<7.88.1-8ubuntu2.3
7.88.1-8ubuntu2.3
ubuntu/curl<8.2.1-1ubuntu3.1
8.2.1-1ubuntu3.1
ubuntu/curl<8.2.1-1ubuntu3.1
8.2.1-1ubuntu3.1
ubuntu/curl<7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+
7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+
ubuntu/curl<7.47.0-1ubuntu2.19+
7.47.0-1ubuntu2.19+
debian/curl
7.74.0-1.3+deb11u12
7.74.0-1.3+deb11u11
7.88.1-10+deb12u6
7.88.1-10+deb12u5
8.8.0-4
8.9.1-1
redhat/curl<8.4.0
8.4.0
Apple macOS<14.2
14.2
Apple macOS<13.6.4
13.6.4
libcurl>=7.9.1<8.4.0
Apple iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS<16.7.5
16.7.5
Apple iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS<16.7.5
16.7.5
Fortinet FortiExtender Firmware>=7.4.0<=7.4.1
Fortinet FortiExtender Firmware>=7.2.0<=7.2.3
Fortinet FortiOS>=7.4.0<=7.4.1
Fortinet FortiOS>=7.2.0<=7.2.6
Fortinet FortiOS>=7.0.1<=7.0.13
Fortinet FortiProxy>=7.4.0<=7.4.1
Fortinet FortiProxy>=7.2.0<=7.2.7
Fortinet FortiProxy>=7.0
IBM Security Verify Governance - Identity Manager<=ISVG 10.0.2
IBM Security Verify Governance, Identity Manager<=ISVG 10.0.2

Remedy

https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2023-38546.html

Remedy

https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/61275672b46d9abb32857404

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is CVE-2023-38546?

    CVE-2023-38546 is a vulnerability in curl that allows cookie injection with none file.

  • How does CVE-2023-38546 affect Ubuntu?

    CVE-2023-38546 affects Ubuntu versions 7.68.0-1ubuntu2.20, 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.14, and 7.88.1-8ubuntu2.3.

  • How does CVE-2023-38546 affect Debian?

    CVE-2023-38546 affects Debian versions 7.64.0-4+deb10u7, 7.74.0-1.3+deb11u10, 7.88.1-10+deb12u4, and 8.3.0-3.

  • Where can I find more information about CVE-2023-38546?

    You can find more information about CVE-2023-38546 on the MITRE CVE website, the curl documentation, and the Ubuntu security notices page.

  • How can I fix CVE-2023-38546?

    To fix CVE-2023-38546, update curl to the recommended versions provided by the respective Linux distributions.

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