CVE-2023-23916

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  3. CVE-2023-23916
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

21 Nov 2024, 07:47

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

27 Mar 2024, 14:54

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BQKE6TXYDHOTFHLTBZ5X73GTKI7II5KO/ - () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BQKE6TXYDHOTFHLTBZ5X73GTKI7II5KO/ - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CPE cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:9.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
First Time Splunk
Splunk universal Forwarder

07 Nov 2023, 04:08

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • {'url': 'https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BQKE6TXYDHOTFHLTBZ5X73GTKI7II5KO/', 'name': 'FEDORA-2023-94df30cbec', 'tags': ['Mailing List', 'Third Party Advisory'], 'refsource': 'FEDORA'}
  • () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BQKE6TXYDHOTFHLTBZ5X73GTKI7II5KO/ -

20 Oct 2023, 18:56

Type Values Removed Values Added
References (GENTOO) https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-12 - (GENTOO) https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-12 - Third Party Advisory

11 Oct 2023, 11:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • (GENTOO) https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-12 -

18 Apr 2023, 16:49

Type Values Removed Values Added
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.5 		v2 : unknown
v3 : 6.5
First Time Netapp h700s
Netapp h500s
Netapp h300s
Netapp
Netapp h700s Firmware
Netapp h500s Firmware
Netapp clustered Data Ontap
Netapp h300s Firmware
Netapp h410s
Netapp h410s Firmware
CPE cpe:2.3:a:netapp:clustered_data_ontap:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h300s:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h500s:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h410s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h300s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h700s:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h410s:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h500s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h700s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References (CONFIRM) https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230309-0006/ - (CONFIRM) https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230309-0006/ - Third Party Advisory
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

debian

  • debian_linux

splunk

  • universal_forwarder

fedoraproject

  • fedora

haxx

  • curl

netapp

  • h700s_firmware
  • h300s
  • clustered_data_ontap
  • h300s_firmware
  • h500s_firmware
  • h410s_firmware
  • h500s
  • h410s
  • h700s
CWE
CWE-770

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling