CVE-2010-3842

Impact

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.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• 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
• 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