SUSE update for curl

1) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU51821

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-22876

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Information exposure

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to libcurl does not strip off user credentials from the URL when automatically populating the Referer: HTTP request header field in outgoing HTTP requests and therefore risks leaking sensitive data to the server that is the target of the second HTTP request.

Mitigation

Update the affected package curl to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: 11-SECURITY

libcurl4-openssl1-x86: before 7.37.0-70.60.1

libcurl4-openssl1-32bit: before 7.37.0-70.60.1

libcurl4-openssl1: before 7.37.0-70.60.1

curl-openssl1: before 7.37.0-70.60.1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server:11-SECURITY:*:*:*:*:*:*:

External links

http://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2021/suse-su-202114707-1/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.