// For flags

CVE-2023-28320

Apple Security Advisory 2023-07-24-6

Severity Score

5.9
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

1
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

Track*
*SSVC
Descriptions

A denial of service vulnerability exists in curl <v8.1.0 in the way libcurl provides several different backends for resolving host names, selected at build time. If it is built to use the synchronous resolver, it allows name resolves to time-out slow operations using `alarm()` and `siglongjmp()`. When doing this, libcurl used a global buffer that was not mutex protected and a multi-threaded application might therefore crash or otherwise misbehave.

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in curl, the worst of which could result in arbitrary code execution. Versions greater than or equal to 8.3.0-r2 are affected.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:Track*
Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Tech. Impact
Partial
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2023-03-14 CVE Reserved
  • 2023-05-26 CVE Published
  • 2025-01-15 CVE Updated
  • 2025-01-15 First Exploit
  • 2025-05-04 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
  • CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Netapp
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H300s Firmware
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Affected
in Netapp
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H300s
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Netapp
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H500s Firmware
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Affected
in Netapp
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H500s
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Safe
Netapp
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H700s Firmware
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Affected
in Netapp
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H700s
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Safe
Netapp
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H410s Firmware
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Affected
in Netapp
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H410s
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Safe
Haxx
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Curl
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< 8.1.0
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Affected
Apple
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Macos
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>= 11.0 < 11.7.9
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Affected
Apple
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Macos
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>= 12.0 < 12.6.8
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Affected
Apple
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Macos
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>= 13.0 < 13.5
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Affected
Netapp
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Clustered Data Ontap
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Affected
Netapp
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Ontap Antivirus Connector
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Affected