Medium severity · published Aug 5, 2021
CVE-2021-22925
curl supports the `-t` command line option, known as `CURLOPT_TELNETOPTIONS`in libcurl
5.3
CVSS
5.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
curl supports the `-t` command line option, known as `CURLOPT_TELNETOPTIONS`in libcurl. This rarely used option is used to send variable=content pairs toTELNET servers.Due to flaw in the option parser for sending `NEW_ENV` variables, libcurlcould be made to pass on uninitialized data from a stack based buffer to theserver. Therefore potentially revealing sensitive internal information to theserver using a clear-text network protocol.This could happen because curl did not call and use sscanf() correctly whenparsing the string provided by the application.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)5.4% · higher than 93% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MA
macOS · Apple
11.0; 11.0.1; 11.1; 11.1.0; 11.2; 11.2.1; +4 more · source: NVD
HT
https://github.com/curl/curl ·
curl 7.7 to and including 7.77.0 · source: vendor
CB
Cloud Backup · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
CD
Clustered Data Ontap · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
CU
Curl · Haxx
7.7 before 7.78.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
33 · source: NVD
HF
H300e Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H300s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H410s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H500e Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H500s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H700e Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22925
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-22925
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/39
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/40
Patch
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf
Third Party Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-484086.pdf
Exploit
https://hackerone.com/reports/1223882
Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FRUCW2UVNYUDZF72DQLFQR4PJEC6CF7V/
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