CVE-2010-3842

Summary

CVECVE-2010-3842
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-10-28 00:00:00 UTC
Updated2010-10-28 04:00:00 UTC
DescriptionAbsolute path traversal vulnerability in curl 7.20.0 through 7.21.1, when the --remote-header-name or -J option is used, allows remote servers to create or overwrite arbitrary files by using \ (backslash) as a separator of path components within the Content-disposition HTTP header.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-22

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Curl Curl 7.20.0 All All All
Application Curl Curl 7.20.1 All All All
Application Curl Curl 7.21.1 All All All
Application Curl Curl 7.20.0 All All All
Application Curl Curl 7.20.1 All All All
Application Curl Curl 7.21.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityTracker.com Archives - cURL 'Content-disposition' Header Processing Flaw Lets Remote Users Overwrite Files and Potentially SECTRACK securitytracker.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- cURL / mingw32-cURL -- Did not strip directory parts separated by backslashes, when downloading files MLIST www.openwall.com Patch
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- cURL / mingw32-cURL -- Did not strip directory parts separated by backslashes, when downloading files MLIST www.openwall.com
cURL "Content-Disposition" Header Filename Parsing Vulnerability - Advisories - Community SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
642642 – (CVE-2010-3842) CVE-2010-3842 mingw32-curl: Did not strip directory parts separated by backslashes, when downloading files CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
cURL - Security Advisory (October 13, 2010) CONFIRM curl.haxx.se Vendor Advisory
oss-security - CVE Request -- cURL / mingw32-cURL -- Did not strip directory parts separated by backslashes, when downloading files MLIST www.openwall.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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