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[curl] CVE-2023-38039: HTTP header allocation DOS

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CVE-2023-38039 HTTP headers eat all memory Project curl Security Advisory, September 13 2023 - Permalink VULNERABILITY When curl retrieves an HTTP response, it stores the incoming headers so that they can be accessed later via the libcurl headers API. However, curl did 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. Full Security Advisory: https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2023-38039.html

Reported by selmelc

Vulnerability Details

Technical details and impact analysis

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Hello reporting for CVE-2023-38039 which has been fixed in the latest release of curl today. Link to original report : #2072338 Thanks for your help, if there's anything else you need from me I'll happily share. Have a nice day ! ## Impact DOS/overloading of user's system through malicious HTTP server interaction with curl's header parsing.

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Associated Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

When curl retrieves an HTTP response, it stores the incoming headers so that they can be accessed later via the libcurl headers API. However, curl did not have a limit in how many or how large headers it would accept in a response, allowing a malicious server to stream an …

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State

Closed

Substate

Resolved

Bounty

$2540.00

Submitted

Weakness

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling