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CVE-2021-22890

LOWEPSS 86th pctl
3.7
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

curl 7.63.0 to and including 7.75.0 includes vulnerability that allows a malicious HTTPS proxy to MITM a connection due to bad handling of TLS 1.3 session tickets. When using a HTTPS proxy and TLS 1.3, libcurl can confuse session tickets arriving from the HTTPS proxy but work as if they arrived from the remote server and then wrongly "short-cut" the host handshake. When confusing the tickets, a HTTPS proxy can trick libcurl to use the wrong session ticket resume for the host and thereby circumvent the server TLS certificate check and make a MITM attack to be possible to perform unnoticed. Note that such a malicious HTTPS proxy needs to provide a certificate that curl will accept for the MITMed server for an attack to work - unless curl has been told to ignore the server certificate check.

How to fix

Remediation Available
curlDebian
Fixed in:7.74.0-1.2CVE-2021-22890
Fixed in:7.74.0-1.2CVE-2021-22890
Fixed in:7.74.0-1.2CVE-2021-22890
Fixed in:7.74.0-1.2CVE-2021-22890
curlUbuntu
Fixed in:7.47.0-1ubuntu2.19USN-4898-1
Fixed in:7.58.0-2ubuntu3.13USN-4898-1
Fixed in:7.68.0-1ubuntu2.5USN-4898-1
libcurl3Ubuntu
Fixed in:7.47.0-1ubuntu2.19USN-4898-1
libcurl3-gnutlsUbuntu
Fixed in:7.47.0-1ubuntu2.19USN-4898-1
Fixed in:7.58.0-2ubuntu3.13USN-4898-1
Fixed in:7.68.0-1ubuntu2.5USN-4898-1
libcurl3-nssUbuntu
Fixed in:7.47.0-1ubuntu2.19USN-4898-1
Fixed in:7.58.0-2ubuntu3.13USN-4898-1
Fixed in:7.68.0-1ubuntu2.5USN-4898-1
libcurl4Ubuntu
Fixed in:7.58.0-2ubuntu3.13USN-4898-1
Fixed in:7.68.0-1ubuntu2.5USN-4898-1
UniversalForwarderWindows application
Affected:8.2.0 8.2.12Fixed in:8.2.12Splunk, Inc.
Affected:9.0.0 9.0.6Fixed in:9.0.6Splunk, Inc.

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityHigh
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

3.14%probability of exploitation in 30 days
86thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 86% of all known CVEs.

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