CVE-2023-27538

NameCVE-2023-27538
DescriptionAn 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.
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-2023-27538.html
Fixed by: https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/af369db4d3833272b8ed443f7fcc2e757a0872eb (curl-8_0_0)

Search for package or bug name: Reporting problems