CVE-2009-0037
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 9.05% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2009-03-05 02:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 04:17Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-12-15
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-352Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)Compound
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 53852cae781f1f22e465d02d7cf101af8b97c85aca976ca9f98908bf18189bb4
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-726-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-726-1
- secunia.com34259http://secunia.com/advisories/34259
- curl.haxx.sehttp://curl.haxx.se/lxr/source/CHANGES
- secunia.com35766http://secunia.com/advisories/35766
- secunia.com34255http://secunia.com/advisories/34255
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2009:0341http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0341.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-1738http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1738
- www.withdk.comhttp://www.withdk.com/2009/03/03/curllibcurl-redirect-arbitrary-file-access/
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comcurl-location-security-bypass(49030)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49030
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-1865http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1865
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2010-03-29-1http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
- wiki.rpath.comhttp://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0042
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2009:006http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00001.html
- secunia.com34138http://secunia.com/advisories/34138
- curl.haxx.sehttp://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20090303.html
- secunia.com34202http://secunia.com/advisories/34202
- www.securityfocus.com20090312 rPSA-2009-0042-1 curlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501757/100/0/threaded
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-0581http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0581
- slackware.comSSA:2009-069-01http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.476602
- lists.vmware.com[Security-announce] 20090710 VMSA-2009-0009 ESX Service Console updates for udev, sudo, and curlhttp://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000060.html
- www.securityfocus.com33962http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33962
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
- www.withdk.comhttp://www.withdk.com/archives/Libcurl_arbitrary_file_access.pdf
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:11054https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11054
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200903-21http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-21.xml
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:6074https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6074
- www.securitytracker.com1021783http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021783
- secunia.com34251http://secunia.com/advisories/34251
- secunia.com34399http://secunia.com/advisories/34399
- www.securityfocus.com20090711 VMSA-2009-0009 ESX Service Console updates for udev, sudo, and curlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504849/100/0/threaded
- secunia.com34237http://secunia.com/advisories/34237
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0009.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- curl Fixed in 7.18.2-8.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- curl Fixed in 7.18.2-8.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- curl Fixed in 7.18.2-8.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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