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Improper authorization control for web services In curl

Description

Successfully using libcurl to do a transfer to a specific HTTP origin (hostA) with Digest authentication and then changing the origin to a different one (hostB) for a second transfer, reusing the same handle, makes libcurl wrongly pass on the Authorization: header field meant for hostA, to hostB.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

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