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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-22947

When curl >= 7.20.0 and <= 7.78.0 connects to an IMAP or POP3 server to retrieve data using STARTTLS to upgrade to TLS security, the server can respond and send back multiple responses at once that curl caches. curl would then upgrade to TLS but not…

MEDIUM 5.9EPSS 3.01%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.01%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

When curl >= 7.20.0 and <= 7.78.0 connects to an IMAP or POP3 server to retrieve data using STARTTLS to upgrade to TLS security, the server can respond and send back multiple responses at once that curl caches. curl would then upgrade to TLS but not flush the in-queue of cached responses but instead continue using and trustingthe responses it got *before* the TLS handshake as if they were authenticated.Using this flaw, it allows a Man-In-The-Middle attacker to first inject the fake responses, then pass-through the TLS traffic from the legitimate server and trick curl into sending data back to the user thinking the attacker's injected data comes from the TLS-protected server.

CVSS 3.1
5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS
3.01% probability · 87th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-310, CWE-345
Affected
haxx/curl · fedoraproject/fedora · debian/debian linux · netapp/cloud backup · netapp/clustered data ontap · netapp/h300s firmware · netapp/h500s firmware · netapp/h700s firmware · netapp/h300e firmware · netapp/h500e firmware · netapp/h700e firmware · netapp/h410s firmware · netapp/solidfire baseboard management controller firmware · oracle/communications cloud native core binding support function · oracle/communications cloud native core network function cloud native environment · oracle/communications cloud native core network repository function · oracle/communications cloud native core network slice selection function · oracle/communications cloud native core service communication proxy · oracle/mysql server · oracle/peoplesoft enterprise peopletools · +6 more
Source
support@hackerone.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.