CVE-2023-27535

NameCVE-2023-27535
DescriptionAn authentication bypass vulnerability exists in libcurl <8.0.0 in the FTP connection reuse feature that can result in wrong credentials being used during subsequent transfers. Previously created connections are kept in a connection pool for reuse if they match the current setup. However, certain FTP settings such as CURLOPT_FTP_ACCOUNT, CURLOPT_FTP_ALTERNATIVE_TO_USER, CURLOPT_FTP_SSL_CCC, and CURLOPT_USE_SSL were not included in the configuration match checks, causing them to match too easily. This could lead to libcurl using the wrong credentials when performing a transfer, potentially allowing unauthorized access to sensitive information.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-3398-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
curl (PTS)buster7.64.0-4+deb10u2vulnerable
buster (security)7.64.0-4+deb10u9fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye7.74.0-1.3+deb11u11fixed
bookworm, bookworm (security)7.88.1-10+deb12u5fixed
trixie8.5.0-2fixed
sid8.7.1-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
curlsourcebuster7.64.0-4+deb10u6DLA-3398-1
curlsourcebullseye7.74.0-1.3+deb11u8
curlsource(unstable)7.88.1-7

Notes

https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2023-27535.html
Introduced by: https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/177dbc7be07125582ddb7416dba7140b88ab9f62 (curl-7_13_0)
Fixed by: https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/8f4608468b890dce2dad9f91d5607ee7e9c1aba1 (curl-8_0_0)

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