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cURL < 7.20.0 CURLOPT_ENCODING Option Buffer Overflow

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 5335

Synopsis

The remote host is running a download client that is vulnerable to a buffer overflow attack.

Description

The remote host is running cURL, a download client for various protocols. The installed version of cURL is earlier than 7.20.0. Such versions are potentially affected by a buffer overflow vulnerability when downloading compressed files over HTTP and automatically decompressing the file with the 'CURLOPT_ENCODING' option. This issue only occurs in versions of cURL that are built with zlib enabled.

Solution

Upgrade to cURL 7.20.0 or later.

See Also

http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20100209.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 5335

Family: Web Clients

Published: 2/10/2010

Updated: 3/6/2019

Vulnerability Information

Patch Publication Date: 2/9/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/9/2010

Reference Information

BID: 38162