CVE-2012-0036
high
CVSS v3
—
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
7.5
Description
curl 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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0036
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20120124.html
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://curl.haxx.se/curl-url-sanitize.patch
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 7.24.0-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 7.24.0-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 7.24.0-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 7.24.0-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 7.24.0-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| curl | curl | 7.20.0 | |
| curl | curl | 7.20.1 | |
| curl | curl | 7.21.0 | |
| curl | curl | 7.21.1 | |
| curl | curl | 7.21.2 | |
| curl | curl | 7.21.3 | |
| curl | curl | 7.21.4 | |
| curl | curl | 7.21.5 | |
| curl | curl | 7.21.6 | |
| curl | curl | 7.21.7 | |
| curl | curl | 7.22.0 | |
| curl | curl | 7.23.0 | |
| curl | curl | 7.23.1 | |
| curl | libcurl | 7.20.0 | |
| curl | libcurl | 7.20.1 | |
| curl | libcurl | 7.21.0 | |
| curl | libcurl | 7.21.1 | |
| curl | libcurl | 7.21.2 | |
| curl | libcurl | 7.21.3 | |
| curl | libcurl | 7.21.4 | |
| curl | libcurl | 7.21.5 | |
| curl | libcurl | 7.21.6 | |
| curl | libcurl | 7.21.7 | |
| curl | libcurl | 7.22.0 | |
| curl | libcurl | 7.23.0 | |
| curl | libcurl | 7.23.1 | |
References
- http://curl.haxx.se/curl-url-sanitize.patch
- http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20120124.html
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c03360041
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48256
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-02.xml
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5281
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2398
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:058
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51665
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032924
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=773457
- https://github.com/bagder/curl/commit/75ca568fa1c19de4c5358fed246686de8467c238
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03760en_us
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0036
CWEs
CWE-89
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.