medium
6.8
CWE
352
Advisory Published
Updated

CVE-2009-0037: CSRF

First published: Thu Mar 05 2009(Updated: )

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.

Credit: secalert@redhat.com

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
curl=7.10.7
curl=7.10.3
curl=7.3
curl=7.1
curl=6.4
curl=5.11
curl=7.14.1
curl=7.9.1
libcurl 3 with GnuTLS support=7.14
curl=6.1beta
curl=7.16.3
libcurl 3 with GnuTLS support=7.14.1
curl=7.9.2
curl=7.14
curl=7.4
curl=7.9.3
curl=6.3
libcurl 3 with GnuTLS support=7.12.2
curl=6.5.1
curl=7.4.1
curl=7.10.4
curl=7.15.3
curl=7.5.2
libcurl 3 with GnuTLS support=7.13.1
libcurl 3 with GnuTLS support=7.12.1
curl=7.2.1
curl=6.0
curl=7.7.3
curl=7.10.5
libcurl 3 with GnuTLS support=5.11
curl=7.9.8
curl=7.7
curl=7.10.1
curl=7.16.4
libcurl 3 with GnuTLS support=7.13
curl=7.2
curl=7.10.6
curl=7.8
curl=7.13
libcurl 3 with GnuTLS support=7.15.2
curl=6.3.1
curl=7.12.1
libcurl 3 with GnuTLS support=7.15.3
libcurl 3 with GnuTLS support=7.12.3
curl=7.9.6
curl=7.8.1
curl=7.15.1
curl=7.7.2
curl=7.9.5
curl=7.10.2
libcurl 3 with GnuTLS support=7.19.3
curl=7.9
curl=7.17
curl=7.9.7
curl=7.10
libcurl 3 with GnuTLS support=7.15.1
curl=7.19.3
libcurl 3 with GnuTLS support=7.12
curl=7.6.1
curl=7.9.4
curl=6.2
curl=7.13.2
curl=7.8.2
curl=7.5
curl=7.15
curl=7.6
libcurl 3 with GnuTLS support=7.16.3
curl=7.7.1
libcurl 3 with GnuTLS support=7.13.2
curl=7.10.8
libcurl 3 with GnuTLS support=7.15
curl=7.18
curl=6.5
curl=6.5.2
curl=7.1.1
curl=7.12.2
curl=7.12
curl=7.11.1
curl=7.4.2
curl=7.5.1

Remedy

http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20090303.html

Remedy

http://curl.haxx.se/lxr/source/CHANGES

Remedy

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33962

Remedy

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0581

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is the severity of CVE-2009-0037?

    CVE-2009-0037 is considered a moderate severity vulnerability that can lead to arbitrary requests to intranet servers.

  • How do I fix CVE-2009-0037?

    To fix CVE-2009-0037, update curl or libcurl to versions 7.19.4 or later.

  • What software is affected by CVE-2009-0037?

    CVE-2009-0037 affects multiple versions of curl and libcurl, specifically from versions 5.11 to 7.19.3.

  • What is the impact of CVE-2009-0037?

    CVE-2009-0037 may allow remote HTTP servers to read or overwrite arbitrary files or initiate requests to internal systems.

  • Is CVE-2009-0037 a remote code execution vulnerability?

    No, CVE-2009-0037 does not directly allow remote code execution, but it can facilitate unauthorized requests to internal services.

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