CVE-2009-0037

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2009-03-03
Bugzilla:
485271: CVE-2009-0037 curl: local file access via unsafe redirects

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The redirect implementation in curl and libcurl 5.11 through 7.19.3, when CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION is enabled, accepts arbitrary Location values, which might allow remote HTTP servers to (1) trigger arbitrary requests to intranet servers, (2) read or overwrite arbitrary files via a redirect to a file: URL, or (3) execute arbitrary commands via a redirect to an scp: URL.

Find out more about CVE-2009-0037 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 4.3
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (curl) RHSA-2009:0341 2009-03-19
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 (curl) RHSA-2009:0341 2009-03-19
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (curl) RHSA-2009:0341 2009-03-19
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (curl) RHSA-2009:0341 2009-03-19

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