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[SECURITY ADVISORY] curl: CVE-2023-27535: FTP too eager connection reuse

From: Daniel Stenberg via curl-users <curl-users_at_lists.haxx.se>
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 08:26:09 +0100 (CET)

CVE-2023-27535: FTP too eager connection reuse
==============================================

Project curl Security Advisory, March 20th 2023 -
[Permalink](https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2023-27535.html)

VULNERABILITY
-------------

libcurl would reuse a previously created FTP connection even when one or more
options had been changed that could have made the effective user a very
different one, thus leading to the doing the second transfer with wrong
credentials.

libcurl keeps previously used connections in a connection pool for subsequent
transfers to reuse if one of them matches the setup. However, several FTP
settings were left out from the configuration match checks, making them match
too easily. The settings in questions are `CURLOPT_FTP_ACCOUNT`,
`CURLOPT_FTP_ALTERNATIVE_TO_USER`, `CURLOPT_FTP_SSL_CCC` and `CURLOPT_USE_SSL`
level.

We are not aware of any exploit of this flaw.

INFO
----
CVE-2023-27535 was introduced in [commit
177dbc7be07125582](https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/177dbc7be07125582),
shipped in curl 7.13.0.
CWE-305: Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness
Severity: Medium
AFFECTED VERSIONS
-----------------
- Affected versions: curl 7.13.0 to and including 7.88.1
- Not affected versions: curl < 7.13.0 and curl >= 8.0.0
libcurl is used by many applications, but not always advertised as such!
THE SOLUTION
------------
A [fix for CVE-2023-27535](https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/8f4608468b890dc)
RECOMMENDATIONS
--------------
  A - Upgrade curl to version 8.0.0
  B - Apply the patch to your local version
TIMELINE
--------
This issue was reported to the curl project on March 5, 2023. We contacted
distros_at_openwall on March 13, 2023.
curl 8.0.0 was released on March 20 2023, coordinated with the publication of
this advisory.
CREDITS
-------
- Reported-by: Harry Sintonen
- Patched-by: Daniel Stenberg
Thanks a lot!
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Received on 2023-03-20