| Name | CVE-2019-5443 |
| Description | A non-privileged user or program can put code and a config file in a known non-privileged path (under C:/usr/local/) that will make curl <= 7.65.1 automatically run the code (as an openssl "engine") on invocation. If that curl is invoked by a privileged user it can do anything it wants. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| curl (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 7.38.0-4+deb8u28 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 7.52.1-5+deb9u16 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 7.52.1-5+deb9u22 | fixed |
| buster, buster (lts) | 7.64.0-4+deb10u10 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 7.64.0-4+deb10u9 | fixed |
| bullseye | 7.74.0-1.3+deb11u13 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 7.74.0-1.3+deb11u14 | fixed |
| bookworm | 7.88.1-10+deb12u8 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 7.88.1-10+deb12u5 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 8.11.0-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| curl | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
- curl <not-affected> (Windows-specific build issue)