Check Point Advisories

cURL libcurl Memory Corruption (CVE-2023-38039)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2023-1392
Date Published: 19 Dec 2023
Severity: High
Last Updated: Tuesday 19 December, 2023
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2023-38039
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75

Who is Vulnerable? cURL libcurl 7.84.0 and later, prior to 8.3.0
Vulnerability Description A memory corruption vulnerability exists in cURL libcurl. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the cURL libcurl Memory Corruption (CVE-2023-38039) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Web Client Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information:  cURL libcurl Memory Corruption (CVE-2023-38039)

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