6.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
6.3 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
31.1%
The version of Curl installed on the remote host is between 7.46.0 and 8.4.0. It is, therefore, affected by an information disclosure vulnerability. A mixed case flaw in Curl’s function that verifies a given cookie domain against the Public Suffix List (PSL) allows a malicious HTTP server to set ‘super cookies’ in Curl, that are then passed back to more origins than what is otherwise allowed or possible. For example a cookie could be set with domain=co.UK
when the URL used a lower case hostname curl.co.uk
, even though co.uk
is listed as a PSL domain.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(187725);
script_version("1.3");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/04/19");
script_cve_id("CVE-2023-46218");
script_name(english:"Curl 7.46.0 <= 8.4.0 Information Disclosure (CVE-2023-46218)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote host has a program that is affected by an information disclosure vulnerability.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of Curl installed on the remote host is between 7.46.0 and 8.4.0. It is, therefore, affected by an
information disclosure vulnerability. A mixed case flaw in Curl's function that verifies a given cookie domain
against the Public Suffix List (PSL) allows a malicious HTTP server to set 'super cookies' in Curl, that are then passed
back to more origins than what is otherwise allowed or possible. For example a cookie could be set with `domain=co.UK`
when the URL used a lower case hostname `curl.co.uk`, even though `co.uk` is listed as a PSL domain.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2023-46218.html");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade Curl to version 8.5.0 or later");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"agent", value:"all");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2023-46218");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2023/12/06");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/12/06");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2024/01/09");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:haxx:curl");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"thorough_tests", value:"true");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Misc.");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("curl_win_installed.nbin", "curl_nix_installed.nbin");
script_require_keys("installed_sw/Curl");
exit(0);
}
include('vcf.inc');
var win_local;
if (!empty_or_null(get_kb_item('SMB/Registry/Enumerated')))
win_local = TRUE;
else
win_local = FALSE;
var app_info = vcf::get_app_info(app:'Curl', win_local:win_local);
vcf::check_all_backporting(app_info:app_info);
var constraints = [{'min_version': '7.46.0', 'max_version': '8.4.0', 'fixed_version': '8.5.0'}];
vcf::check_version_and_report(app_info:app_info, constraints:constraints, severity:SECURITY_WARNING);
6.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
6.3 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
31.1%