ALSA-2023:6745

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    ALSA-2023:6745

    Published: 7 Nov 2023Last Modified: 29 Oct 2026

    Summary: Important: curl security update

    Details: The curl packages provide the libcurl library and the curl utility for downloading files from servers using various protocols, including HTTP, FTP, and LDAP. Security Fix(es): * curl: a heap-based buffer overflow in the SOCKS5 proxy handshake (CVE-2023-38545) * curl: cookie injection with none file (CVE-2023-38546) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    References: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6745, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38545, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38546, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2241933, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2241938, https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-6745.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: curl

    Purl: pkg:rpm/almalinux/curl

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -7.76.1-26.el9_3.2

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High