Bug 2239135 (CVE-2023-38039)

Summary: CVE-2023-38039 curl: out of heap memory issue due to missing limit on header quantity
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Marian Rehak <mrehak>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: csutherl, jclere, peholase, pjindal, plodge, szappis
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A flaw was found in the Curl package. Curl allows a malicious server to stream an endless series of headers to a client due to missing limit on header quantity, eventually causing curl to run out of heap memory, which may lead to a crash.
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Bug Depends On: 2239136    
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Description Marian Rehak 2023-09-15 12:15:19 UTC
Curl does not have a limit on the size or quantity of headers it would accept in a response, allowing a malicious server to stream an endless series of headers to a client and eventually cause curl to run out of heap memory.

Comment 1 Marian Rehak 2023-09-15 12:15:35 UTC
Created curl tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2239136]

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2023-12-07 13:49:29 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7
  JBoss Core Services for RHEL 8

Via RHSA-2023:7625 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7625

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2023-12-07 13:55:43 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat JBoss Core Services

Via RHSA-2023:7626 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7626