CVE-2023-28321

CVE Details

Release Date:

2023-05-26

Description

An improper certificate validation vulnerability exists in curl <v8.1.0 in the way it supports matching of wildcard patterns when listed as "Subject Alternative Name" in TLS server certificates. curl can be built to use its own name matching function for TLS rather than one provided by a TLS library. This private wildcard matching function would match IDN (International Domain Name) hosts incorrectly and could as a result accept patterns that otherwise should mismatch. IDN hostnames are converted to puny code before used for certificate checks. Puny coded names always start with xn-- and should not be allowed to pattern match, but the wildcard check in curl could still check for x*, which would match even though the IDN name most likely contained nothing even resembling an x.

See more information about CVE-2023-28321 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v3.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	5.9	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	High
Privileges Required:	None	User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Unchanged	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	High	Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 8 (curl)	ELSA-2023-4523	2023-08-10
Oracle Linux version 9 (curl)	ELSA-2023-4354	2023-08-02

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