cURL/libcURL NTLM Username Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence

cURL/libcURL NTLM Username Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory:	SA17193	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2005-10-14
Popularity:	9,980 views

Critical:	Moderately critical
Impact:	System access
Where:	From remote
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

Software:	cURL 7.x

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CVE reference:	CVE-2005-3185

Description: A vulnerability has been reported in cURL/libcURL, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. For more information: SA17192 Success exploitation requires that NTLM support is enabled, and that the user is e.g. tricked into using cURL or an application that uses libcURL on a malicious website. The vulnerability has been reported in versions 7.10.6 through 7.14.1. Solution: Update to version 7.15.0. http://curl.haxx.se/download.html The vendor has also provided a source code patch. http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl-ntlmbuf.patch Provided and/or discovered by: Discovered by anonymous person and reported via iDEFENSE. Original Advisory: cURL: http://curl.haxx.se/mail/lib-2005-10/0061.html iDEFENSE: http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=322&type=vulnerabilities Other References: SA17192: http://secunia.com/advisories/17192/

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