CVE-2023-46219

Publication date 6 December 2023

Last updated 4 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.3 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

When saving HSTS data to an excessively long file name, curl could end up removing all contents, making subsequent requests using that file unaware of the HSTS status they should otherwise use.

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Why is this CVE low priority?

Upstream determined this is a low-priority issue

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
curl 24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 8.5.0-2ubuntu1
23.10 mantic
Fixed 8.2.1-1ubuntu3.2
23.04 lunar
Fixed 7.88.1-8ubuntu2.4
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected

Notes

mdeslaur

introduced in 7.84.0

Patch details

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Package Patch details
curl

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 5.3 · Medium

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

References

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