MGASA-2024-0391 - Updated curl packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 17 Dec 2024
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0391.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 9
CVE: CVE-2024-11053

When asked to both use a .netrc file for credentials and to follow HTTP
redirects, curl could leak the password used for the first host to the
followed-to host under certain circumstances.
This flaw only manifests itself if the netrc file has an entry that
matches the redirect target hostname but the entry either omits just the
password or omits both login and password.
This update fixes this logic to avoid sending a password to the wrong
host.

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33844
- https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2024-11053.html
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-11053

SRPMS:
- 9/core/curl-7.88.1-4.5.mga9

Mageia 2024-0391: curl Security Advisory Updates

When asked to both use a .netrc file for credentials and to follow HTTP redirects, curl could leak the password used for the first host to the followed-to host under certain circum...

Summary

When asked to both use a .netrc file for credentials and to follow HTTP redirects, curl could leak the password used for the first host to the followed-to host under certain circumstances. This flaw only manifests itself if the netrc file has an entry that matches the redirect target hostname but the entry either omits just the password or omits both login and password. This update fixes this logic to avoid sending a password to the wrong host.

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33844

- https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2024-11053.html

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-11053

Resolution

MGASA-2024-0391 - Updated curl packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 9/core/curl-7.88.1-4.5.mga9

Severity
Publication date: 17 Dec 2024
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0391.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2024-11053

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