CVE-2010-3842 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in curl 7.20.0 through 7.21.1, when the --remote-header-name or -J option is used, allows remote servers to create or overwrite arbitrary files by using \ (backslash) as a separator of path components within the Content-disposition HTTP header.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00898.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Curl	Curl

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.20.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.20.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.21.1:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2010-3821	Absolute path traversal vulnerability in curl 7.20.0 through 7.21.1, when the --remote-header-name or -J option is used, allows remote servers to create or overwrite arbitrary files by using \ (backslash) as a separator of path components within the Content-disposition HTTP header.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20101013.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/39532
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024583
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/13/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/13/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/13/5
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642642

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2010-10-27T22:00:00Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T03:26:12.269Z

Reserved: 2010-10-08T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2010-3842

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2010-10-28T00:00:05.453

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2010-3842

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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