CVE-2022-27781

Summary

CVECVE-2022-27781
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerhackerone
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-06-02 14:15:44 UTC
Updated2026-04-16 15:16:47 UTC
Descriptionlibcurl provides the `CURLOPT_CERTINFO` option to allow applications torequest details to be returned about a server's certificate chain.Due to an erroneous function, a malicious server could make libcurl built withNSS get stuck in a never-ending busy-loop when trying to retrieve thatinformation.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-400 | CWE-835 | CWE-400 Denial of Service (CWE-400) | CWE-835 CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.1ADPDECLARED7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.1134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0Secondary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 11.0 All All All
Application Haxx Curl All All All All
Application Netapp Clustered Data Ontap - All All All
Hardware Netapp H300s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H300s Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H410s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H410s Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H500s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H500s Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H700s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H700s Firmware - All All All
Operating System Netapp Hci Bootstrap Os - All All All
Hardware Netapp Hci Compute Node - All All All
Hardware Netapp Hci Compute Node - All All All
Application Netapp Solidfire Enterprise Sds Hci Storage Node - All All All
Application Netapp Solidfire Hci Management Node - All All All
Application Splunk Universal Forwarder All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na Https//github.com/curl/curl affected Fixed in 7.83.1 Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
June 2022 Libcurl Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.netapp.com Third Party Advisory
HackerOne af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 hackerone.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
curl: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202212-01) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 3085-1] curl security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-5197-1 curl af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 180909 Debian Security Update for curl (DSA 5197-1)
  • 180969 Debian Security Update for curl (DLA 3085-1)
  • 182423 Debian Security Update for curl (CVE-2022-27781)
  • 198780 Ubuntu Security Notification for curl Vulnerabilities (USN-5412-1)
  • 296082 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 48.126.1 Missing (CPUJUL2022)
  • 354255 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for curl : ALAS-2022-1646
  • 354731 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for curl : ALAS2-2023-1924
  • 378599 Splunk Enterprise Third Party Package Updates for June (SVD-2023-0613)
  • 378883 Splunk Enterprise August Third Party Package Updates (SVD-2023-0808)
  • 502213 Alpine Linux Security Update for curl
  • 502407 Alpine Linux Security Update for curl
  • 502408 Alpine Linux Security Update for curl
  • 503890 Alpine Linux Security Update for curl
  • 591406 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU GNU/Linux subsystem Multiple Vulnerabilities (SSB-439005, ICSA-22-104-13)
  • 672028 EulerOS Security Update for curl (EulerOS-SA-2022-2238)
  • 672030 EulerOS Security Update for curl (EulerOS-SA-2022-2251)
  • 672064 EulerOS Security Update for curl (EulerOS-SA-2022-2217)
  • 672121 EulerOS Security Update for curl (EulerOS-SA-2022-2310)
  • 690868 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for curl (11e36890-d28c-11ec-a06f-d4c9ef517024)
  • 710693 Gentoo Linux curl Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202212-01)
  • 752149 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for curl (SUSE-SU-2022:1733-1)
  • 752162 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for curl (SUSE-SU-2022:1805-1)
  • 752185 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for curl (SUSE-SU-2022:1870-1)
  • 752476 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for curl (SUSE-SU-2022:2813-1)
  • 752478 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for curl (SUSE-SU-2022:2829-1)
  • 902161 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for curl (9881)
  • 902165 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for curl (9890)
  • 902396 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for curl (9890-1)
  • 903718 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for curl (9881-1)
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