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CVE-2012-0036
curl and libcurl 7.2x before 7.24.0 do not properly consider...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c03360041
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03760en_us
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032924
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2398
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-02.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51665
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48256
- http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20120124.html
- http://curl.haxx.se/curl-url-sanitize.patch
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:058
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c03360041
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=773457
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5281
- https://github.com/bagder/curl/commit/75ca568fa1c19de4c5358fed246686de8467c238
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00001.html
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
curl, libcurl
Vulnerable Versions:
7.20.0, 7.20.1, 7.21.0, 7.21.1, 7.21.2, 7.21.3, 7.21.4, 7.21.5, 7.21.6, 7.21.7, 7.22.0, 7.23.0, 7.23.1
Timeline
Official Publish:
April 13th, 2012
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.