CVE-2006-1061

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-1061
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-03-21 01:06:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionHeap-based buffer overflow in cURL and libcURL 7.15.0 through 7.15.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a TFTP URL (tftp://) with a valid hostname and a long path.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS: 0.038270000 probability, percentile 0.881540000 (date 2026-04-17)

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Daniel Stenberg Curl 7.15.0 All All All
Application Daniel Stenberg Curl 7.15.1 All All All
Application Daniel Stenberg Curl 7.15.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
cURL/libcURL TFTP Protocol URL Parsing Buffer Overflow - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0016 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.trustix.org
cURL - Security Advisory (March 20, 2006) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 curl.haxx.se
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- cURL/libcurl: Buffer overflow in the handling of TFTP URLs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
[SECURITY] Fedora Core 5 Update: curl-7.15.1-3 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
cURL / libcURL TFTP URL Parser Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Trustix update for curl - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Fedora update for curl - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
www.osvdb.org/23982 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-03/1326.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
Gentoo update for curl - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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