Description
curl < 7.84.0 supports "chained" HTTP compression algorithms, meaning that a serverresponse can be compressed multiple times and potentially with different algorithms. The number of acceptable "links" in this "decompression chain" was unbounded, allowing a malicious server to insert a virtually unlimited number of compression steps.The use of such a decompression chain could result in a "malloc bomb", makingcurl end up spending enormous amounts of allocated heap memory, or trying toand returning out of memory errors.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | https://github.com/curl/curl | Fixed in 7.84.0 |
| Siemens | SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP | >= V3.1.0, < V3.1.5 |
| Siemens | SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP | >= V3.1.0, < V3.1.5 |
| Siemens | SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP | >= V3.1.0, < V3.1.5 |
| Siemens | SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP | >= V3.1.0, < V3.1.5 |
| Siemens | SINAMICS PERFECT HARMONY GH180 | < * |
| Siemens | SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP | >= V3.1.0, < V3.1.5 |
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/02/15/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-333517.pdfPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1570651Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00017.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BEV6BR4MTI3CEWK2YU2HQZUW5FAS3FEY/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202212-01Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220915-0003/Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5197Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/02/15/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-333517.pdfPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1570651Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00017.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BEV6BR4MTI3CEWK2YU2HQZUW5FAS3FEY/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202212-01Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220915-0003/Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5197Third Party Advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-333517.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-419740.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-558014.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-942865.html
Timeline
- Published
- Jul 7, 2022
- Last modified
- Oct 14, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified