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[SECURITY ADVISORY] curl: FTP-KRB bad message verification

From: Daniel Stenberg via curl-users <curl-users_at_lists.haxx.se>
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2022 08:21:14 +0200 (CEST)

CVE-2022-32208: FTP-KRB bad message verification
================================================

Project curl Security Advisory, June 27th 2022 -
[Permalink](https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2022-32208.html)

VULNERABILITY
-------------

When curl does FTP transfers secured by krb5, it handles message verification
failures wrongly. This flaw makes it possible for a Man-In-The-Middle attack
to go unnoticed and even allows it to inject data to the client.

We are not aware of any exploit of this flaw.

INFO
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CVE-2022-32208 was introduced in [commit
54967d2a3a](https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/54967d2a3a), shipped
in curl 7.16.4.
This flaw typically makes curl insert `599 ` (+ terminating null) into the
data where it detects the error, then the attackers data. It forces the
attacker to be somewhat creative to handle this initial hard-coded 5 byte
sequence of "junk".
FTP-KRB is a rarely used feature.
CWE-924: Improper Enforcement of Message Integrity During Transmission in a
Communication Channel
Severity: Low
AFFECTED VERSIONS
-----------------
- Affected versions: curl 7.16.4 to and including 7.83.1
- Not affected versions: curl < 7.16.4 and curl >= 7.84.0
libcurl is used by many applications, but not always advertised as such!
THE SOLUTION
------------
A [fix for CVE-2022-32208](https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/6ecdf5136b52af7)
RECOMMENDATIONS
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  A - Upgrade curl to version 7.84.0
  B - Apply the patch to your local version
  C - Do not use KRB-FTP
TIMELINE
--------
This issue was reported to the curl project on June 2, 2022. We contacted
distros_at_openwall on June 20.
libcurl 7.84.0 was released on June 27 2022, coordinated with the publication
of this advisory.
CREDITS
-------
This issue was reported by Harry Sintonen. Patched by Daniel Stenberg.
Thanks a lot!
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