CVE-2012-0036

Summary

CVECVE-2012-0036
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-04-13 20:55:00 UTC
Updated2018-01-10 02:29:00 UTC
Descriptioncurl and libcurl 7.2x before 7.24.0 do not properly consider special characters during extraction of a pathname from a URL, which allows remote attackers to conduct data-injection attacks via a crafted URL, as demonstrated by a CRLF injection attack on the (1) IMAP, (2) POP3, or (3) SMTP protocol.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-89

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 7.21.0 All All All
Application Curl Curl 7.21.1 All All All
Application Curl Curl 7.21.2 All All All
Application Curl Curl 7.21.3 All All All
Application Curl Curl 7.21.4 All All All
Application Curl Curl 7.21.5 All All All
Application Curl Curl 7.21.6 All All All
Application Curl Curl 7.21.7 All All All
Application Curl Curl 7.22.0 All All All
Application Curl Curl 7.23.0 All All All
Application Curl Curl 7.23.1 All All All
Application Curl Curl 7.20.0 All All All
Application Curl Curl 7.20.1 All All All
Application Curl Curl 7.21.0 All All All
Application Curl Curl 7.21.1 All All All
Application Curl Curl 7.21.2 All All All
Application Curl Curl 7.21.3 All All All
Application Curl Curl 7.21.4 All All All
Application Curl Curl 7.21.5 All All All
Application Curl Curl 7.21.6 All All All
Application Curl Curl 7.21.7 All All All
Application Curl Curl 7.22.0 All All All
Application Curl Curl 7.23.0 All All All
Application Curl Curl 7.23.1 All All All
Application Curl Libcurl 7.20.0 All All All
Application Curl Libcurl 7.20.1 All All All
Application Curl Libcurl 7.21.0 All All All
Application Curl Libcurl 7.21.1 All All All
Application Curl Libcurl 7.21.2 All All All
Application Curl Libcurl 7.21.3 All All All
Application Curl Libcurl 7.21.4 All All All
Application Curl Libcurl 7.21.5 All All All
Application Curl Libcurl 7.21.6 All All All
Application Curl Libcurl 7.21.7 All All All
Application Curl Libcurl 7.22.0 All All All
Application Curl Libcurl 7.23.0 All All All
Application Curl Libcurl 7.23.1 All All All
Application Curl Libcurl 7.20.0 All All All
Application Curl Libcurl 7.20.1 All All All
Application Curl Libcurl 7.21.0 All All All
Application Curl Libcurl 7.21.1 All All All
Application Curl Libcurl 7.21.2 All All All
Application Curl Libcurl 7.21.3 All All All
Application Curl Libcurl 7.21.4 All All All
Application Curl Libcurl 7.21.5 All All All
Application Curl Libcurl 7.21.6 All All All
Application Curl Libcurl 7.21.7 All All All
Application Curl Libcurl 7.22.0 All All All
Application Curl Libcurl 7.23.0 All All All
Application Curl Libcurl 7.23.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
HPSBMU02786 SSRT100877 rev.2 - HP System Management Homepage (SMH) Running on Linux, Windows, and VMware ESX, Remote Unauthorized Access, Disclosure of Information, Data Modification, Denial of Service (DoS), Execution of Arbitrary Code - c03360041 - HP Business Support Center HP h20000.www2.hp.com
curl.haxx.se/curl-url-sanitize.patch CONFIRM curl.haxx.se Patch
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- cURL: Multiple vulnerabilities GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Security Advisory SA48256 - Gentoo update for curl - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update - July 2015 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2398-2 curl DEBIAN www.debian.org
Document Display | HPE Support Center CONFIRM h20566.www2.hpe.com
Malformed Request BID www.securityfocus.com
cURL - Security Advisory (URL sanitization vulnerability) CONFIRM curl.haxx.se Vendor Advisory
About the security content of OS X Lion v10.7.4 and Security Update 2012-002 CONFIRM support.apple.com
APPLE-SA-2012-05-09-1 OS X Lion v10.7.4 and Security Update 2012-002 APPLE lists.apple.com
Oracle Hyperion Bugs Let Remote Users Partially Access and Modify Data and Partially Deny Service - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
URL sanitize: reject URLs containing bad data · curl/curl@75ca568 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
www.mandriva.com MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Bug 773457 – CVE-2012-0036 curl: URL sanitization vulnerability CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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