SB2025012428 - IBM Cloud Private update for Curl libcurl 



SB2025012428 - IBM Cloud Private update for Curl libcurl

Published: January 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2025012428
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Improper Certificate Validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-22926)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to an error in the CURLOPT_SSLCERT option mixup with TLS library Secure Transport. A remote attacker can create a file name with the same name as the app wants to use by name, and thereby trick the application to use the file based cert instead of the one referred to by name making libcurl send the wrong client certificate in the TLS connection handshake.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.