CVE-2021-22922

NameCVE-2021-22922
DescriptionWhen curl is instructed to download content using the metalink feature, thecontents is verified against a hash provided in the metalink XML file.The metalink XML file points out to the client how to get the same contentfrom a set of different URLs, potentially hosted by different servers and theclient can then download the file from one or several of them. In a serial orparallel manner.If one of the servers hosting the contents has been breached and the contentsof the specific file on that server is replaced with a modified payload, curlshould detect this when the hash of the file mismatches after a completeddownload. It should remove the contents and instead try getting the contentsfrom another URL. This is not done, and instead such a hash mismatch is onlymentioned in text and the potentially malicious content is kept in the file ondisk.
SourceCVE (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 PackageReleaseVersionStatus
curl (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)7.38.0-4+deb8u28vulnerable
stretch (security)7.52.1-5+deb9u16vulnerable
stretch (lts), stretch7.52.1-5+deb9u22vulnerable
buster, buster (lts)7.64.0-4+deb10u10vulnerable
buster (security)7.64.0-4+deb10u9vulnerable
bullseye7.74.0-1.3+deb11u13vulnerable
bullseye (security)7.74.0-1.3+deb11u14vulnerable
bookworm7.88.1-10+deb12u8fixed
bookworm (security)7.88.1-10+deb12u5fixed
sid, trixie8.11.1-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
curlsource(unstable)7.79.1-1unimportant

Notes

https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2021-22922.html
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/21/1
The fix for earlier versions is to rebuild curl with the metalink support
switched off.
Metalink support not enabled in Debian builds.

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