| Name | CVE-2022-43551 |
| Description | A vulnerability exists in curl <7.87.0 HSTS check that could be bypassed to trick it to keep using HTTP. Using its HSTS support, curl can be instructed to use HTTPS instead of using an insecure clear-text HTTP step even when HTTP is provided in the URL. However, the HSTS mechanism could be bypassed if the host name in the given URL first uses IDN characters that get replaced to ASCII counterparts as part of the IDN conversion. Like using the character UTF-8 U+3002 (IDEOGRAPHIC FULL STOP) instead of the common ASCII full stop (U+002E) `.`. Then in a subsequent request, it does not detect the HSTS state and makes a clear text transfer. Because it would store the info IDN encoded but look for it IDN decoded. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1026829 |
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 | vulnerable | |
| bullseye (security) | 7.74.0-1.3+deb11u14 | vulnerable | |
| 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 | jessie | (not affected) | |||
| curl | source | stretch | (not affected) | |||
| curl | source | buster | (not affected) | |||
| curl | source | (unstable) | 7.86.0-3 | 1026829 |
[bullseye] - curl <ignored> (curl is not built with HSTS support)
[buster] - curl <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2022-43551.html
Introduced by: https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/7385610d0c74c6a254fea5e4cd6e1d559d848c8c (curl-7_74_0)
Enabled by default since: https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/d71ff2b9db566b3f4b2eb29441c2df86715d4339 (curl-7_77_0)
Fixed by: https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/9e71901634e276dd050481c4320f046bebb1bc28 (curl-7_87_0)
[stretch] - curl <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[jessie] - curl <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)