CVE-2023-38545
Description
This flaw makes curl overflow a heap based buffer in the SOCKS5 proxy handshake. When curl is asked to pass along the host name to the SOCKS5 proxy to allow that to resolve the address instead of it getting done by curl itself, the maximum length that host name can be is 255 bytes. If the host name is detected to be longer, curl switches to local name resolving and instead passes on the resolved address only. Due to this bug, the local variable that means "let the host resolve the name" could get the wrong value during a slow SOCKS5 handshake, and contrary to the intention, copy the too long host name to the target buffer instead of copying just the resolved address there. The target buffer being a heap based buffer, and the host name coming from the URL that curl has been told to operate with.
How to fix
- haxx libcurl8.4.0 or later
- microsoft windows_10_180910.0.17763.5122 or later
- microsoft windows_10_21h210.0.19044.3693 or later
- microsoft windows_10_22h210.0.19045.3693 or later
- microsoft windows_11_21h210.0.22000.2600 or later
- microsoft windows_11_22h210.0.22621.2715 or later
- microsoft windows_11_23h210.0.22631.2715 or later
- microsoft windows_server_201910.0.17763.5122 or later
- microsoft windows_server_202210.0.20348.2113 or later
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| haxx libcurl | 7.69.0 ≤ v < 8.4.0 | 8.4.0 |
| fedoraproject fedora | 37 | — |
| netapp active_iq_unified_manager | No range specified | — |
| netapp oncommand_insight | No range specified | — |
| netapp oncommand_workflow_automation | No range specified | — |
| microsoft windows_10_1809 | v < 10.0.17763.5122 | 10.0.17763.5122 |
| microsoft windows_10_21h2 | v < 10.0.19044.3693 | 10.0.19044.3693 |
| microsoft windows_10_22h2 | v < 10.0.19045.3693 | 10.0.19045.3693 |
| microsoft windows_11_21h2 | v < 10.0.22000.2600 | 10.0.22000.2600 |
| microsoft windows_11_22h2 | v < 10.0.22621.2715 | 10.0.22621.2715 |
| microsoft windows_11_23h2 | v < 10.0.22631.2715 | 10.0.22631.2715 |
| microsoft windows_server_2019 | v < 10.0.17763.5122 | 10.0.17763.5122 |
| microsoft windows_server_2022 | v < 10.0.20348.2113 | 10.0.20348.2113 |
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