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CVE-2023-32001

curl: fopen race condition

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · July 19, 2023

Updated · June 28, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in the curl package. This race condition modifies the behavior of symbolic link files in affected components which might be followed instead of overwritten when the condition is met, leading to undesired and potentially destructive behavior.

Statement

This issue does not affect the Curl package as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, 7, 8, and 9.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CWE-367 · Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition