Description
When doing a TFTP transfer and curl/libcurl is given a URL that contains a very long file name (longer than about 515 bytes), the file name is truncated to fit within the buffer boundaries, but the buffer size is still wrongly updated to use the untruncated length. This too large value is then used in the sendto() call, making curl attempt to send more data than what is actually put into the buffer. The endto() function will then read beyond the end of the heap based buffer. A malicious HTTP(S) server could redirect a vulnerable libcurl-using client to a crafted TFTP URL (if the client hasn't restricted which protocols it allows redirects to) and trick it to send private memory contents to a remote server over UDP. Limit curl's redirect protocols with --proto-redir and libcurl's with CURLOPT_REDIR_PROTOCOLS.
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Debian DLA |
DLA-1062-1 | curl security update |
Debian DSA |
DSA-3992-1 | curl security update |
EUVD |
EUVD-2017-1404 | When doing a TFTP transfer and curl/libcurl is given a URL that contains a very long file name (longer than about 515 bytes), the file name is truncated to fit within the buffer boundaries, but the buffer size is still wrongly updated to use the untruncated length. This too large value is then used in the sendto() call, making curl attempt to send more data than what is actually put into the buffer. The endto() function will then read beyond the end of the heap based buffer. A malicious HTTP(S) server could redirect a vulnerable libcurl-using client to a crafted TFTP URL (if the client hasn't restricted which protocols it allows redirects to) and trick it to send private memory contents to a remote server over UDP. Limit curl's redirect protocols with --proto-redir and libcurl's with CURLOPT_REDIR_PROTOCOLS. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-3441-1 | curl vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-3441-2 | curl vulnerabilities |
References
History
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 14:15:00 +0000
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2026-04-16T13:34:51.252Z
Reserved: 2017-10-03T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2017-1000100
Updated: 2024-08-05T21:53:06.527Z
Status : Deferred
Published: 2017-10-05T01:29:04.057
Modified: 2026-04-16T14:16:10.253
Link: CVE-2017-1000100
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Debian DLA
Debian DSA
EUVD
Ubuntu USN