Input validation error in cURL - CVE-2019-15601
Published: January 16, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU24338
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-15601
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: curl.haxx.se
Affected software:
cURL
cURL
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied URL. A remote attacker can pass URL to the SMB share using the "file://" URI handler and read arbitrary files from local resources.
Example: file://localhost//hostname/home/secret.txt
Note, this issue affects Windows installations only.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-15601
Install updates from vendor's website.