{"id":"USN-6429-3","aliases":[],"status":"published","title":"curl vulnerabilities","description":"USN-6429-1 fixed vulnerabilities in curl. This update provides the\ncorresponding updates for Ubuntu 23.10.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n Jay Satiro discovered that curl incorrectly handled hostnames when using a\n SOCKS5 proxy. In environments where curl is configured to use a SOCKS5\n proxy, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary\n code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 23.04.\n (CVE-2023-38545)\n \n It was discovered that curl incorrectly handled cookies when an application\n duplicated certain handles. A local attacker could possibly create a cookie\n file and inject arbitrary cookies into subsequent connections.\n (CVE-2023-38546)","facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"published":"2023-10-17T11:22:48.353678Z","modified":"2026-02-04T02:14:24Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:23.10","package":"curl","fixed_in":["8.2.1-1ubuntu3.1"],"sources":["osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:23.10","package":"curl","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"8.2.1-1ubuntu3.1"}]}],"versions":["7.88.1-8ubuntu1","7.88.1-9ubuntu1","7.88.1-10ubuntu1","8.2.1-1ubuntu2","8.2.1-1ubuntu3"]}],"references":[{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6429-3","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-38545","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-38546","tags":["report"]}],"sources":{"osv":[{"id":"USN-6429-3","title":"curl vulnerabilities","description":"USN-6429-1 fixed vulnerabilities in curl. This update provides the\ncorresponding updates for Ubuntu 23.10.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n Jay Satiro discovered that curl incorrectly handled hostnames when using a\n SOCKS5 proxy. In environments where curl is configured to use a SOCKS5\n proxy, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary\n code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 23.04.\n (CVE-2023-38545)\n \n It was discovered that curl incorrectly handled cookies when an application\n duplicated certain handles. A local attacker could possibly create a cookie\n file and inject arbitrary cookies into subsequent connections.\n (CVE-2023-38546)\n","status":"published","published":"2023-10-17T11:22:48.353678Z","modified":"2026-02-04T02:14:24.36723Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:58:17.305935Z"}]}}