CVE-2015-3153

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Published 2015-05-01 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.0

Description

The 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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

Mitigation details

Source: Debian Security Tracker · View original ↗ · DFSG

CVE-2015-3153 NameCVE-2015-3153 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. SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub…

CVE-2015-3153

Name	CVE-2015-3153
Description	The 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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DSA-3240-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
curl (PTS)	bullseye	7.74.0-1.3+deb11u13	fixed
	bullseye (security)	7.74.0-1.3+deb11u16	fixed
	bookworm	7.88.1-10+deb12u14	fixed
	bookworm (security)	7.88.1-10+deb12u5	fixed
	trixie	8.14.1-2+deb13u3	fixed
	forky	8.20.0-2	fixed
	sid	8.20.0-3	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
curl	source	jessie	7.38.0-4+deb8u2		DSA-3240-1
curl	source	(unstable)	7.42.1-1

Notes

[wheezy] - curl <no-dsa> (Too intrusive to backport)
[squeeze] - curl <no-dsa> (Too intrusive to backport)
http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20150429.html

Home - Debian Security - Source (Git)

Apply commands

text fix

Notes

[wheezy] - curl <no-dsa> (Too intrusive to backport)[squeeze] - curl <no-dsa> (Too intrusive to backport)http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20150429.html

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`7.42.1-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`7.42.1-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`7.42.1-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`7.42.1-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`7.42.1-1`
ubuntu	12.04	affected
ubuntu	14.04	affected
ubuntu	14.10	affected
ubuntu	15.1	affected
debian	8.0	affected
macos	10.10.4	affected

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
oracle	enterprise_manager_ops_center	`{"endIncluding":"12.1.3"}`
oracle	enterprise_manager_ops_center	`12.2.0`
oracle	enterprise_manager_ops_center	`12.2.1`
oracle	enterprise_manager_ops_center	`12.3.0`
haxx	curl	`{"endIncluding":"7.42.0"}`
haxx	libcurl	`{"endIncluding":"7.42.0"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-200

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.