SB2013043001 - Information disclosure in curl.haxx.se cURL
Published: April 30, 2013 Updated: August 3, 2020
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-1944)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The tailMatch function in cookie.c in cURL and libcurl before 7.30.0 does not properly match the path domain when sending cookies, which allows remote attackers to steal cookies via a matching suffix in the domain of a URL. Per http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1801-1/ "A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 12.10 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Ubuntu 8.04 LTS"
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20130412.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00004.html
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- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/102711.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/104207.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/104598.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105539.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106606.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00013.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00016.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0771.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/53044
- http://secunia.com/advisories/53051
- http://secunia.com/advisories/53097
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2660
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:151
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/92316
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59058
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1801-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=950577
- https://github.com/bagder/curl/commit/2eb8dcf26cb37f09cffe26909a646e702dbcab66
- https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0121