Open redirect in libcurl and cURL - CVE-2017-1000100

 

Open redirect in libcurl and cURL - CVE-2017-1000100

Published: August 15, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU7884
CSH Severity: Low
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:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1000100
CWE-ID: CWE-601
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: curl.haxx.se
Affected software:
libcurl
cURL

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to redirect website visitors to external websites.

The weakness exists due to incorrect validation of redirected URL. A remote attacker can redirect the target user's curl request to a TFTP URL with a long filename to cause the target user's curl application to send portions of system memory.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in information disclosure.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-1000100

Update to version 7.55.0.

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