CVE-2021-22923
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5.3 · CWE-319
5.3CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
When curl is instructed to get content using the metalink feature, and a user name and password are used to download the metalink XML file, those same credentials are then subsequently passed on to each of the servers from which curl will download or try to download the contents from. Often contrary to the user's expectations and intentions and without telling the user it happened.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityHigh
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionRequired
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)2%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdfPatch
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.htmlPatch
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FRUCW2UVNYUDZF72DQLFQR4PJEC6CF7V/Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202212-01Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210902-0003/Advisory
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1213181Advisory