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    CVE-2023-38545

    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.

    Published:Oct 11, 2023
    Last Modified:May 12, 2026
    EPS:Oct 18, 2023
    EPSS Score:0.2625
    CVSS Score:8.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Fedoraproject
    Product
    Fedora
    Vendor
    Haxx
    Product
    Libcurl
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Windows 10 1809
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Windows 10 21h2
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Windows 10 22h2
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Windows 11 21h2
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Windows 11 22h2
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Windows 11 23h2
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Windows Server 2019
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Windows Server 2022
    Vendor
    Netapp
    Product
    Active Iq Unified Manager
    Vendor
    Netapp
    Product
    Oncommand Insight
    Vendor
    Netapp
    Product
    Oncommand Workflow Automation
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Jboss Core Services
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Eus
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Satellite Client
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Satellite
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Satellite Capsule

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