CVE-2022-32205: Input Validation

Published Jul 7, 2022
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Updated

A malicious server can serve excessive amounts of Set-Cookie: headers in a HTTP response to curl and curl < 7.84.0 stores all of them. A sufficiently large amount of (big) cookies make subsequent HTTP requests to this, or other servers to which the cookies match, create requests that become larger than the threshold that curl uses internally to avoid sending crazy large requests (1048576 bytes) and instead returns an error.This denial state might remain for as long as the same cookies are kept, match and haven't expired. Due to cookie matching rules, a server on foo.example.com can set cookies that also would match for bar.example.com, making it it possible for a "sister server" to effectively cause a denial of service for a sibling site on the same second level domain using this method.

Other sources

Accelerate Framework. A memory consumption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

Apple

APFS. An access issue was addressed with improved access restrictions.

Apple

Apple Neural Engine. The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

Apple

AppleAVD. A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management.

Apple

AppleAVD. This issue was addressed with improved checks.

Apple

Credit

CVE-2022-32205, CVE-2022-32206, CVE-2022-32207, CVE-2022-32208, Arsenii Kostromin (0x3c3e), Kshitij Kumar(Crowdstrike), Jai Musunuri(Crowdstrike), Sergii Kryvoblotskyi(MacPaw Inc), Linus Henze(Pinauten GmbH), Tommy Muir@@Muirey03, Jiří Vinopal@@vinopaljiri(Check Point Research), Sonali Luthar(the University of Virginia), Michael Liao(the University of Illinois at Urbana), Rohan Pahwa(Rutgers University), (University of Florida), Bao Nguyen(University of Florida), Bistrit Dahal, Csaba Fitzl@@theevilbit(Offensive Security), Wojciech Reguła(SecuRing), Ron Masas (breakpoint.sh)(BreakPoint Technologies LTD), Pan ZhenPeng@@Peterpan0927, Asahi Lina@@LinaAsahi, Yutao Wang@@Jack, Yu Zhou@@yuzhou6666, Evgeny Legerov(Intevydis), Joshua Jones, Yiğit Can YILMAZ@@yilmazcanyigit, Mickey Jin@@patch1t, CVE-2022-1622, Antonio Zekic@@antoniozekic, Peter Pan ZhenPeng(STAR Labs), Tingting Yin(Tsinghua University), Zweig(Kunlun Lab), Ian Beer(Google Project Zero), Tim Michaud@@TimGMichaud(Moveworks), Xinru Chi(Pangu Lab), John Aakerblom@@jaakerblom, Wojciech Reguła@@_r3ggi(SecuRing), Ron Masas(breakpointhq), an anonymous researcher, Xingwei Lin@@xwlin_roy(Ant Security Light), Yinyi Wu(Ant Security Light), CVE-2021-39537, CVE-2022-29458, Gustav Hansen(WithSecure), Ubeydullah Sümer, Mickey Jin@@patch1t(Trend Micro), Ezekiel Elin, Ashwani Rajput(Nagarro Software Pvt), Srijan Shivam Mishra(The Hack Report), Jugal Goradia(Aastha Technologies), Evan Ricafort (evanricafort.com)(Invalid Web Security), Shesha Sai C (linkedin.com/in/shesha-sai-c-18585b125)(Pune), (Pune), Amod Raghunath Patwardhan(Pune), India, CVE-2022-28739, Rohit Chatterjee(University of Illinois Urbana), Justin Bui@@slyd0g(Snowflake), Cristian Dinca(Tudor Vianu National High School of Computer Science of), Om kothawade(Zaprico Digital), Andrew Goldberg(The McCombs School of Business), The University(Texas at Austin), Felix Poulin-Belanger, CVE-2021-36690, Adam Chester(TrustedSec), Thijs Alkemade@@xnyhps(Computest Sector 7), CVE-2022-0261, CVE-2022-0318, CVE-2022-0319, CVE-2022-0351, CVE-2022-0359, CVE-2022-0361, CVE-2022-0368, CVE-2022-0392, CVE-2022-0554, CVE-2022-0572, CVE-2022-0629, CVE-2022-0685, CVE-2022-0696, CVE-2022-0714, CVE-2022-0729, CVE-2022-0943, CVE-2022-1381, CVE-2022-1420, CVE-2022-1725, CVE-2022-1616, CVE-2022-1619, CVE-2022-1620, CVE-2022-1621, CVE-2022-1629, CVE-2022-1674, CVE-2022-1733, CVE-2022-1735, CVE-2022-1769, CVE-2022-1927, CVE-2022-1942, CVE-2022-1968, CVE-2022-1851, CVE-2022-1897, CVE-2022-1898, CVE-2022-1720, CVE-2022-2000, CVE-2022-2042, CVE-2022-2124, CVE-2022-2125, CVE-2022-2126, Francisco Alonso@@revskills, P1umer@@p1umer, afang@@afang5472, xmzyshypnc@@xmzyshypnc1, Jeonghoon Shin at Theori@@singi21a(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Jihwan Kim@@gPayl0ad, Dohyun Lee@@l33d0hyun, Dohyun Lee@@l33d0hyun(SSD Labs), Abdulrahman Alqabandi(Microsoft Browser Vulnerability Research), Ryan Shin(IAAI SecLab at Korea University), Dohyun Lee@@l33d0hyun(DNSLab at Korea University), Wonyoung Jung@@nonetype_pwn(KAIST Hacking Lab), Yonghwi Jin at Theori@@jinmo123(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), 楼梦想改造家@@18(DBAppSecurity's WeBin lab), @@jq0904(DBAppSecurity's WeBin lab), Jeff Johnson, Wang Yu(Cyberserval), Evgeny Legerov, Yinyi Wu(Google Project Zero), ABC Research s.r.o(Google Project Zero), Natalie Silvanovich(Google Project Zero), Tommaso Bianco@@cutesmilee__, Antonio Zekic@@antoniozekic(Google Project Zero), Koh M. Nakagawa(FFRI Security Inc), Anonymous(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), ABC Research s.r.o., Jonathan Bar Or(Microsoft), Jonathan Zhang(Open Computing Facility), David Hoyt(Hoyt LLC), Guilherme Rambo(Best Buddy Apps), Halle Winkler@@hallewinkler(Politepix), Thijs Alkemade(Computest Sector 7), Arsenii Kostromin, Mohamed Ghannam@@_simo36, ryuzaki

Affected Software

53 affected componentsFixes available
debian/curl
7.64.0-4+deb10u27.64.0-4+deb10u77.74.0-1.3+deb11u97.74.0-1.3+deb11u107.88.1-10+deb12u37.88.1-10+deb12u48.4.0-2
Apple macOS Ventura<13
13
haxx curl>=7.71.0<7.84.0
Fedoraproject Fedora=35
Debian Debian Linux=11.0
NetApp Clustered Data ONTAP
NetApp Element Software
NetApp Hci Management Node
NetApp Solidfire
NetApp H300s Firmware
NetApp H300s
NetApp H500s Firmware
NetApp H500s
NetApp H700s Firmware
NetApp H700s
NetApp H410s Firmware
NetApp H410s
Apple macOS<13.0
Siemens Scalance Sc622-2c Firmware<3.0
Siemens Scalance Sc622-2c
Siemens Scalance Sc626-2c Firmware<3.0
Siemens Scalance Sc626-2c
Siemens Scalance Sc632-2c Firmware<3.0
Siemens Scalance Sc632-2c
Siemens Scalance Sc636-2c Firmware<3.0
Siemens Scalance Sc636-2c
Siemens Scalance Sc642-2c Firmware<3.0
Siemens Scalance Sc642-2c
Siemens Scalance Sc646-2c Firmware<3.0
Siemens Scalance Sc646-2c
All of the following
NetApp H300s
NetApp H300s Firmware
All of the following
NetApp H500s
NetApp H500s Firmware
All of the following
NetApp H700s
NetApp H700s Firmware
All of the following
NetApp H410s
NetApp H410s Firmware
All of the following
Siemens Scalance Sc622-2c Firmware<3.0
Siemens Scalance Sc622-2c
All of the following
Siemens Scalance Sc626-2c Firmware<3.0
Siemens Scalance Sc626-2c
All of the following
Siemens Scalance Sc632-2c Firmware<3.0
Siemens Scalance Sc632-2c
All of the following
Siemens Scalance Sc636-2c Firmware<3.0
Siemens Scalance Sc636-2c
All of the following
Siemens Scalance Sc642-2c Firmware<3.0
Siemens Scalance Sc642-2c
All of the following
Siemens Scalance Sc646-2c Firmware<3.0
Siemens Scalance Sc646-2c
Splunk Universal Forwarder>=8.2.0<8.2.12
Splunk Universal Forwarder>=9.0.0<9.0.6
Splunk Universal Forwarder=9.1.0

Event History

Jul 7, 2022
CVE Published
via MITRE·12:00 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeakness
Data Sourced
via NVD·01:15 PM
RemedyDescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software

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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is CVE-2022-32205?

CVE-2022-32205 is a vulnerability in curl version 7.84.0 and earlier that allows a malicious server to serve excessive amounts of `Set-Cookie:` headers and store all of them, potentially creating large subsequent HTTP requests.

2

Which software is affected by CVE-2022-32205?

The vulnerability affects macOS Ventura version up to 13 and curl versions 7.64.0-4+deb10u2, 7.64.0-4+deb10u6, 7.74.0-1.3+deb11u7, 7.88.1-10, 7.88.1-10+deb12u1, 7.88.1-11, and 8.2.1-1 on Debian.

3

How can I fix CVE-2022-32205?

To fix the vulnerability, update curl to version 7.84.0 or later.

4

Where can I find more information about CVE-2022-32205?

You can find more information about CVE-2022-32205 in the official CVE report at https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2022-32205.html.

5

Are there any code changes related to CVE-2022-32205?

Yes, you can find the code changes related to CVE-2022-32205 in the curl repository on GitHub at https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/ed35d6590e72c23c568af1e3b8ac6e4e2d883888 and https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/48d7064a49148f03942380967da739dcde1cdc24.

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