Apple Mac OS X up to 10.8 curl information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.8. Impacted is an unknown function of the component curl. Executing a manipulation can lead to information disclosure. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2013-1944. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.8 (Operating System). It has been declared as very critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown function of the component curl. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The tailMatch function in cookie.c in cURL and libcurl before 7.30.0 does not properly match the path domain when sending cookies, which allows remote attackers to steal cookies via a matching suffix in the domain of a URL.

The weakness was released 10/22/2013 by YAMADA Yasuharu as APPLE-SA-2013-10-22-3 as confirmed mailinglist post (Apple Security Mailinglist). The advisory is available at lists.apple.com. The mailinglist post contains:

Multiple vulnerabilities existed in curl, the most serious of which may lead to arbitrary code execution. These issues were addressed by updating curl to version 7.30.0 (sic)
This vulnerability was named CVE-2013-1944 since 02/19/2013. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/31/2021). This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 69768 (Amazon Linux AMI : curl (ALAS-2013-210)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Amazon Linux Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 43619 (Juniper Junos OS Multiple vulnerabilities in cURL versions (JSA10874)).

Upgrading to version 10.9 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (83412), Tenable (69768), SecurityFocus (BID 59058†), OSVDB (92316†) and Secunia (SA53044†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-8439, VDB-9262, VDB-10946 and VDB-10932. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 69768
Nessus Name: Amazon Linux AMI : curl (ALAS-2013-210)
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OpenVAS ID: 892660
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2660-1 (curl - exposure of sensitive information
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.9

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02/19/2013 🔍
04/12/2013 +52 days 🔍
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04/16/2013 +4 days 🔍
04/24/2013 +8 days 🔍
04/29/2013 +5 days 🔍
09/04/2013 +128 days 🔍
10/22/2013 +48 days 🔍
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10/23/2013 +1 days 🔍
05/31/2021 +2777 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: APPLE-SA-2013-10-22-3
Researcher: YAMADA Yasuharu
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-1944 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-1944
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-10906

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X-Force: 83412
SecurityFocus: 59058 - cURL/libcURL 'tailmatch()' Function Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 53044 - Ubuntu update for curl, Less Critical
OSVDB: 92316
Vulnerability Center: 39333 - cURL/libcURL Before 7.30.0 \x27tailmatch()\x27 Function Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entryinfo

Created: 10/23/2013 17:41
Updated: 05/31/2021 15:36
Changes: 10/23/2013 17:41 (86), 04/28/2017 09:15 (1), 05/31/2021 15:36 (3)
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