cURL/libcURL up to 7.75.0 Referer information disclosure

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A vulnerability was found in cURL and libcURL up to 7.75.0. It has been rated as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Referer Handler. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2021-22876. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in cURL and libcURL up to 7.75.0 (Network Utility Software) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Referer Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality.

The weakness was disclosed 04/01/2021. It is possible to read the advisory at curl.se. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2021-22876. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 7.76.0 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at curl.se.

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Type

• Network Utility Software

Name

• cURL
• libcURL

Version

• 7.0
• 7.1
• 7.2
• 7.3
• 7.4
• 7.5
• 7.6
• 7.7
• 7.8
• 7.9
• 7.10
• 7.11
• 7.12
• 7.13
• 7.14
• 7.15
• 7.16
• 7.17
• 7.18
• 7.19
• 7.20
• 7.21
• 7.22
• 7.23
• 7.24
• 7.25
• 7.26
• 7.27
• 7.28
• 7.29
• 7.30
• 7.31
• 7.32
• 7.33
• 7.34
• 7.35
• 7.36
• 7.37
• 7.38
• 7.39
• 7.40
• 7.41
• 7.42
• 7.43
• 7.44
• 7.45
• 7.46
• 7.47
• 7.48
• 7.49
• 7.50
• 7.51
• 7.52
• 7.53
• 7.54
• 7.55
• 7.56
• 7.57
• 7.58
• 7.59
• 7.60
• 7.61
• 7.62
• 7.63
• 7.64
• 7.65
• 7.66
• 7.67
• 7.68
• 7.69
• 7.70
• 7.71
• 7.72
• 7.73
• 7.74
• 7.75.0

License

• open-source

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Accepted

• Submit #10189: CVE-2021-22876 , CVE-2021-22890 in cURL (by CSieberg)

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