Information disclosure in youtube-dl and yt-dlp - CVE-2023-35934
Published: August 21, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU79795
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-35934
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to the application leaks cookies during HTTP redirect. A remote attacker can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information on the system.
Affected software
youtube-dl
yt-dlp
Fedora
yt-dlp
youtube-dl
yt-dlp
Fedora
yt-dlp
youtube-dl
How to mitigate CVE-2023-35934
Install updates from vendor's website.
yt-dlp - update to 2023.07.06
yt-dlp - addressed in versions 2023.07.06-1.el9, 2023.07.06-1.fc37, 2023.07.06-1.fc38
youtube-dl - addressed in versions 2023.07.30.git2efc8de-1.20230815git2efc8de.fc37, 2023.08.04.git86e3cf5-1.20230815git86e3cf5.fc38
yt-dlp - addressed in versions 2023.07.06-1.el9, 2023.07.06-1.fc37, 2023.07.06-1.fc38
youtube-dl - addressed in versions 2023.07.30.git2efc8de-1.20230815git2efc8de.fc37, 2023.08.04.git86e3cf5-1.20230815git86e3cf5.fc38
External References
- https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds/releases/tag/2023.07.06.185519
- https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/3121512228487c9c690d3d39bfd2579addf96e07
- https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/f8b4bcc0a791274223723488bfbfc23ea3276641
- https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/security/advisories/GHSA-v8mc-9377-rwjj
- https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/1ceb657bdd254ad961489e5060f2ccc7d556b729
- https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/tag/2023.07.06
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IM44RJL2MR2WG3ZY354C5IUEEZUJGEVA/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5X6YT6AQE5FHM5VTQLKKJXSYBLLJF26W/