CVE-2024-2379

Description

A flaw was found in curl. When libcurl is built to use wolfSSL as the TLS backend, it skips certificate verification for a QUIC connection if an unknown/bad cipher or curve is used.

Statement

The curl package as shipped by Red Hat Enterprise Linux and RHSCL is not affected by this vulnerability because it does not have support for wolfSSL.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details

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CVSS v3 Score Breakdown

Red HatNVDcve.org
Base Score5.4N/A6.3
Attack VectorNetworkN/ANetwork
Attack ComplexityLowN/ALow
Privileges RequiredLowN/ANone
User InteractionNoneN/ARequired
ScopeUnchangedN/AUnchanged
ConfidentialityLowN/ALow
Integrity ImpactLowN/ALow
Availability ImpactNoneN/ALow

Vector

Red Hat: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

cve.org: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Understanding the Weakness (CWE)

Integrity,Authentication

Technical Impact: Bypass Protection Mechanism; Gain Privileges or Assume Identity

When a certificate is invalid or malicious, it might allow an attacker to spoof a trusted entity by interfering in the communication path between the host and client. The product might connect to a malicious host while believing it is a trusted host, or the product might be deceived into accepting spoofed data that appears to originate from a trusted host.

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