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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2009-0037 Detail

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 arbitrary requests to intranet servers, (2) read or overwrite arbitrary files via a redirect to a file: URL, or (3) execute arbitrary commands via a redirect to an scp: URL.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20090303.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://curl.haxx.se/lxr/source/CHANGES CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00001.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000060.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/34138 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/34202 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/34237 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/34251 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/34255 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/34259 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/34399 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/35766 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-21.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.476602 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0042 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1738 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0341.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501757/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504849/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33962 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Patch 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021783 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-726-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0009.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0581 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1865 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.withdk.com/2009/03/03/curllibcurl-redirect-arbitrary-file-access/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.withdk.com/archives/Libcurl_arbitrary_file_access.pdf CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49030 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11054 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6074 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-0037
NVD Published Date:
03/04/2009
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.