VDB-16184 · CVE-2000-0973 · XFDB 5374

Daniel Stenberg cURL up to 7.4 Error Message memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Daniel Stenberg cURL up to 7.4. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Error Message Handler. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2000-0973. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Daniel Stenberg cURL up to 7.4 (Network Utility Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Error Message Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in curl earlier than 6.0-1.1, and curl-ssl earlier than 6.0-1.2, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by forcing a long error message to be generated.

The weakness was shared 12/19/2000 by Wichert Akkerman (Website). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2000-0973. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in Perl. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 43619 (Juniper Junos OS Multiple vulnerabilities in cURL versions (JSA10874)).

Upgrading to version 7.4.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (5374), Exploit-DB (20292) and SecurityFocus (BID 1804†). The entries VDB-8439, VDB-9262, VDB-10906 and VDB-11245 are related to this item. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Productinfo

Type

Network Utility Software

Vendor

Daniel Stenberg

Name

cURL

Version

License

open-source

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.0

VulDB Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Temp Score: 9.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: cURL 7.4.1

Timelineinfo

10/13/2000 🔍
12/19/2000 +67 days 🔍
12/19/2000 +0 days 🔍
07/01/2014 +4942 days 🔍
09/13/2024 +3727 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Wichert Akkerman
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2000-0973 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-0973
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-16184
X-Force: 5374 - cURL error log buffer overflow
SecurityFocus: 1804 - cURL Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/02/2014 00:49
Updated: 09/13/2024 13:54
Changes: 07/02/2014 00:49 (55), 05/28/2018 09:18 (8), 09/13/2024 13:54 (16)
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