Security Bulletin
Summary
Vulnerabilities in Curl could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions (CVE-2023-46218, CVE-2023-46219, CVE-2024-0853). PowerSC uses Curl as part of PowerSC Trusted Network Connect (TNC).
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2023-46218
DESCRIPTION: cURL libcurl could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by a mixed case flaw when curl is built without PSL support. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to allow a HTTP server to set "super cookies" in curl.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/273320 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2023-46219
DESCRIPTION: cURL libcurl could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by a flaw when saving HSTS data to an excessively long file name. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to use files that unaware of the HSTS status.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/273321 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2024-0853
DESCRIPTION: cURL libcurl could allow a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by a flaw with keeping the SSL session ID for connections in its cache even when the verify status (OCSP stapling) test failed. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass OCSP verification.
CVSS Base score: 3.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/281082 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| PowerSC | 1.3, 2.0, 2.1 |
The vulnerabilities in the following filesets are being addressed:
| Fileset | Lower Level | Upper Level |
| powerscStd.tnc_pm | 1.3.0.4 | 2.1.0.6 |
| curl-8.5.0-1.aix7.1.ppc.rpm | 7.19.4 | 8.5.0 |
Note: To find out whether the affected PowerSC filesets are installed on your systems, refer to the lslpp command found in AIX user's guide. To find out whether the affected curl filesets are installed on your systems, refer to the rpm command found in AIX user's guide.
Example: lslpp -l | grep powerscStd
Example: rpm -qa | grep curl
Remediation/Fixes
FIXES
IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now.
Fixes are available.
The fixes can be downloaded via yum:
To install any dependencies along with the fix package:
yum update curl
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
20 Mar 2024: Initial Publication
*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.
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Document Information
Modified date:
20 March 2024
Initial Publish date:
20 March 2024
UID
ibm17144851