Input validation error in HTTPie CLI - CVE-2019-10751

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Input validation error in HTTPie CLI - CVE-2019-10751

Published: September 4, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU20851
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-10751
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to create arbitrary files on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to HTTPie utility does not properly processes URL redirects. A remote attacker can create arbitrary files with arbitrary content in the current directory.


Affected software

HTTPie CLI
httpie (Alpine package)
httpie
Fedora
SUSE Linux
Opensuse

How to mitigate CVE-2019-10751

Install updates from vendor's website.

HTTPie CLI - update to 1.0.3
httpie (Alpine package) - update to 1.0.3-r0
httpie - update to 1.0.3-1.el7

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