SB20230821119 - Fedora 37 update for curl
Published: August 21, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB20230821119
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-32001)
The vulnerability allows a local users to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a race condition when calling fopen() on STS and/or alt-svc data to files. A local user can create or rename directory entries in the directory the victim saves their files and abuse the symbolic link behavior to overwrite arbitrary files on the system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.