CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2009-0037

MEDIUMEPSS 94th pctl
6.8
CVSS v2
NVD

Description

The redirect implementation in curl and libcurl 5.11 through 7.19.3, when CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION is enabled, accepts arbitrary Location values, which might allow remote HTTP servers to (1) trigger arbitrary requests to intranet servers, (2) read or overwrite arbitrary files via a redirect to a file: URL, or (3) execute arbitrary commands via a redirect to an scp: URL.

How to fix

Remediation Available
curlDebian
Fixed in:7.18.2-8.1CVE-2009-0037
Fixed in:7.18.2-8.1CVE-2009-0037
Fixed in:7.18.2-8.1CVE-2009-0037
Fixed in:7.18.2-8.1CVE-2009-0037

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

7.81%probability of exploitation in 30 days
94thpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 94% of all known CVEs.

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