CVE-2012-0036
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Mitigation details
CVE-2012-0036 NameCVE-2012-0036 Descriptioncurl 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. SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc,…
CVE-2012-0036
| Name | CVE-2012-0036 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-2398-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| curl (PTS) | bullseye | 7.74.0-1.3+deb11u13 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 7.74.0-1.3+deb11u16 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 7.88.1-10+deb12u14 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security) | 7.88.1-10+deb12u5 | fixed | |
| trixie | 8.14.1-2+deb13u3 | fixed | |
| forky | 8.20.0-2 | fixed | |
| sid | 8.20.0-4 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| curl | source | lenny | 7.18.2-8lenny6 | DSA-2398-1 | ||
| curl | source | squeeze | 7.21.0-2.1+squeeze1 | DSA-2398-1 | ||
| curl | source | (unstable) | 7.24.0-1 |
Notes
[lenny] - curl <not-affected> (Only affects 7.20.0 to 7.23.1)
http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20120124.html
Apply commands
[lenny] - curl <not-affected> (Only affects 7.20.0 to 7.23.1)http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20120124.htmlOS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 7.24.0-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 7.24.0-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 7.24.0-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 7.24.0-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 7.24.0-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| curl | curl | 7.20.0 | |
| curl | curl | 7.20.1 | |
| curl | curl | 7.21.0 | |
| curl | curl | 7.21.1 | |
| curl | curl | 7.21.2 | |
| curl | curl | 7.21.3 | |
| curl | curl | 7.21.4 | |
| curl | curl | 7.21.5 | |
| curl | curl | 7.21.6 | |
| curl | curl | 7.21.7 | |
| curl | curl | 7.22.0 | |
| curl | curl | 7.23.0 | |
| curl | curl | 7.23.1 | |
| curl | libcurl | 7.20.0 | |
| curl | libcurl | 7.20.1 | |
| curl | libcurl | 7.21.0 | |
| curl | libcurl | 7.21.1 | |
| curl | libcurl | 7.21.2 | |
| curl | libcurl | 7.21.3 | |
| curl | libcurl | 7.21.4 | |
| curl | libcurl | 7.21.5 | |
| curl | libcurl | 7.21.6 | |
| curl | libcurl | 7.21.7 | |
| curl | libcurl | 7.22.0 | |
| curl | libcurl | 7.23.0 | |
| curl | libcurl | 7.23.1 | |
References
- http://curl.haxx.se/curl-url-sanitize.patch
- http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20120124.html
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c03360041
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48256
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-02.xml
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5281
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2398
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:058
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51665
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032924
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=773457
- https://github.com/bagder/curl/commit/75ca568fa1c19de4c5358fed246686de8467c238
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03760en_us
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0036
CWEs
CWE-89
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.