cURL Proxy Authentication Header Information Leakage Vulnerability

BID:8432

CVE-2003-1605 |

Info

cURL Proxy Authentication Header Information Leakage Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 8432
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Aug 03 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Aug 03 2003 12:00AM
Credit: This issue was reported by the vendor.
Vulnerable: Daniel Stenberg curl 7.10.6
+ Redhat Desktop 3.0
+ Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 3
+ Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 3
+ Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 3
Daniel Stenberg curl 7.10.5
Daniel Stenberg curl 7.10.4
Daniel Stenberg curl 7.10.3
Daniel Stenberg curl 7.10.2
Daniel Stenberg curl 7.10.1
Daniel Stenberg curl 7.10
Daniel Stenberg curl 7.9.8
Daniel Stenberg curl 7.9.7
Daniel Stenberg curl 7.9.6
Daniel Stenberg curl 7.9.5
Daniel Stenberg curl 7.9.4
Daniel Stenberg curl 7.9.3
Daniel Stenberg curl 7.9.2
Daniel Stenberg curl 7.9.1
Daniel Stenberg curl 7.9
Daniel Stenberg curl 7.8.1
Daniel Stenberg curl 7.8
Daniel Stenberg curl 7.7.3
Daniel Stenberg curl 7.7.2
Daniel Stenberg curl 7.7.1
Daniel Stenberg curl 7.7
Daniel Stenberg curl 7.6.1
Daniel Stenberg curl 7.6
Daniel Stenberg curl 7.5.2
Daniel Stenberg curl 7.5.1
Daniel Stenberg curl 7.5
Daniel Stenberg curl 7.4.2
Daniel Stenberg curl 7.4.1
Daniel Stenberg curl 7.4
Daniel Stenberg curl 7.3
+ Redhat PowerTools 7.0
+ Redhat PowerTools 6.2
+ Redhat PowerTools 6.1
Daniel Stenberg curl 7.2.1
Daniel Stenberg curl 7.2
Daniel Stenberg curl 7.1.1
Daniel Stenberg curl 7.1
Not Vulnerable: Daniel Stenberg curl 7.10.7

Discussion

cURL Proxy Authentication Header Information Leakage Vulnerability

cURL is prone to an issue that could cause proxy authentication header information to be leaked inadvertently to remote hosts. This occurs when proxy authentication is used via a request using the CONNECT method. This could expose credentials.

Exploit / POC

cURL Proxy Authentication Header Information Leakage Vulnerability

There is no exploit required.

Solution / Fix

cURL Proxy Authentication Header Information Leakage Vulnerability

Solution:
This issue was addressed in cURL 7.10.7. Users are advised to upgrade.


Daniel Stenberg curl 7.1

Daniel Stenberg curl 7.1.1

Daniel Stenberg curl 7.10.1

Daniel Stenberg curl 7.10.3

Daniel Stenberg curl 7.10.4

Daniel Stenberg curl 7.10.5

Daniel Stenberg curl 7.10.6

Daniel Stenberg curl 7.2

Daniel Stenberg curl 7.2.1

Daniel Stenberg curl 7.3

Daniel Stenberg curl 7.4

Daniel Stenberg curl 7.4.1

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