CVE-2015-3153

Summary

CVECVE-2015-3153
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-05-01 15:59:05 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe default configuration for cURL and libcurl before 7.42.1 sends custom HTTP headers to both the proxy and destination server, which might allow remote proxy servers to obtain sensitive information by reading the header contents.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-200 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.10.4 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.1 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Haxx Curl All All All All
Application Haxx Libcurl All All All All
Application Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center 12.2.0 All All All
Application Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center 12.2.1 All All All
Application Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center 12.3.0 All All All
Application Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CPU Oct 2018 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3240-1 curl af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
McAfee KnowledgeBase - Intel Security - Security Bulletin: McAfee Agent patch fixes three Libcurl vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kc.mcafee.com
APPLE-SA-2015-08-13-2 OS X Yosemite v10.10.5 and Security Update 2015-006 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
About the security content of OS X Yosemite v10.10.5 and Security Update 2015-006 - Apple Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update - October 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
USN-2591-1: curl vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
2016-04 Security Bulletin: Junos: Multiple vulnerabilities in cURL and libcurl - Juniper Networks af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.juniper.net
libcurl CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER Option Discloses Potentially Sensitive Information to Remote Users - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cURL - sensitive HTTP server headers also sent to proxies af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 curl.haxx.se Vendor Advisory
Oracle Solaris Bulletin - January 2016 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update - January 2016 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2015:0861-1: moderate: Security update for curl af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
cURL/libcURL CVE-2015-3153 Information Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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