CVE-2023-23916

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An allocation of resources without limits or throttling vulnerability exists in curl <v7.88.0 based on the "chained" HTTP compression algorithms, meaning that a server response can be compressed multiple times and potentially with differentalgorithms. The number of acceptable "links" in this "decompression chain" wascapped, but the cap was implemented on a per-header basis allowing a maliciousserver to insert a virtually unlimited number of compression steps simply byusing many headers. The use of such a decompression chain could result in a "malloc bomb", making curl end up spending enormous amounts of allocated heap memory, or trying to and returning out of memory errors.

6.5 /10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://hackerone.com/reports/1826048 Exploit Issue Tracking
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00035.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BQKE6TXYDHOTFHLTBZ5X73GTKI7II5KO/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-12 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230309-0006/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5365 Third Party Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/1826048 Exploit Issue Tracking
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00035.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BQKE6TXYDHOTFHLTBZ5X73GTKI7II5KO/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-12 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230309-0006/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5365 Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 4 (hide)

AND
cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h300s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h300s:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 5 (hide)

AND
cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h500s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h500s:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 6 (hide)

AND
cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h700s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h700s:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 7 (hide)

AND
cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h410s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h410s:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 8 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:netapp:clustered_data_ontap:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 9 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:9.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

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Information

Published : 2023-02-23 20:15

Updated : 2025-03-12 19:15

NVD link : CVE-2023-23916

Mitre link : CVE-2023-23916

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-23916

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Products Affected

netapp

  • h300s_firmware
  • h700s_firmware
  • h410s_firmware
  • clustered_data_ontap
  • h300s
  • h500s
  • h410s
  • h500s_firmware
  • h700s

debian

  • debian_linux

fedoraproject

  • fedora

splunk

  • universal_forwarder

haxx

  • curl
CWE
CWE-770

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling