cURL/libcURL Remote Input Validation

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 6903

Synopsis

The cURL program is a library and command-line tool for transferring data using various protocols, including HTTP, FTP, and LDAP. A vulnerable version of cURL was detected from the host.

Description

An input validation vulnerability occurs when the application fails to properly sanitize a user-supplied fileptah part of an URL before passing it to the protocol-specific code. A remote attacker could exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of the affected application. (CVE-2012-0036)

Affected versions include versions 7.20.0 through 7.23.1.

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages; the next version of cURL that fixes the issue is cURL 7.24.0.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 6903

Family: Web Clients

Published: 7/3/2013

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 57897

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:curl:curl

Patch Publication Date: 1/24/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/24/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0036

BID: 51665

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