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Alpine: libcurl, multiple curl packages: security update to 8.5.0-r0
medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 423838
Description
There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:- This flaw allows a malicious HTTP server to set "super cookies" in curl that are then passed back to more
origins than what is otherwise allowed or possible. This allows a site to set cookies that then would get
sent to different and unrelated sites and domains. It could do this by exploiting a mixed case flaw in
curl's function that verifies a given cookie domain against the Public Suffix List (PSL). For example a
cookie could be set with `domain=co.UK` when the URL used a lower case hostname `curl.co.uk`, even though
`co.uk` is listed as a PSL domain. (CVE-2023-46218)
- When saving HSTS data to an excessively long file name, curl could end up removing all contents, making
subsequent requests using that file unaware of the HSTS status they should otherwise use. (CVE-2023-46219)
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Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 423838
Version: Revision 1.7
Type: Local
Published: 4/4/2025
Updated: 5/30/2025
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.3
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.4
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-46218
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/7/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-46218, CVE-2023-46219
IAVA: 2023-A-0674-S