CVE-2023-23916 | BDVDB-2026-196124 Detail
https://github.com/curl/curl
Description#
An allocation of resources without limits or throttling vulnerability exists in curl <v7.88.0 based on the "chained" HTTP compression algorithms, meaning that a server response can be compressed multiple times and potentially with differentalgorithms. The number of acceptable "links" in this "decompression chain" wascapped, but the cap was implemented on a per-header basis allowing a maliciousserver to insert a virtually unlimited number of compression steps simply byusing many headers. The use of such a decompression chain could result in a "malloc bomb", making curl end up spending enormous amounts of allocated heap memory, or trying to and returning out of memory errors.
Impact#
Per CVSS v3.1: confidentiality impact none, integrity impact none, availability impact high. Attack vector: network.
Weaknesses#
- CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770)
References#
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1826048
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00035.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BQKE6TXYDHOTFHLTBZ5X73GTKI7II5KO/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5365
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230309-0006/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-12
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.