Debian Security Advisory
DSA-1738-1 curl -- arbitrary file access
- Date Reported:
- 11 Mar 2009
- Affected Packages:
- curl
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 518423.
In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 33962.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2009-0037. - More information:
-
David Kierznowski discovered that libcurl, a multi-protocol file transfer library, when configured to follow URL redirects automatically, does not question the new target location. As libcurl also supports file:// and scp:// URLs - depending on the setup - an untrusted server could use that to expose local files, overwrite local files or even execute arbitrary code via a malicious URL redirect.
This update introduces a new option called CURLOPT_REDIR_PROTOCOLS which by default does not include the scp and file protocol handlers.
For the oldstable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 7.15.5-1etch2.
For the stable distribution (lenny) this problem has been fixed in version 7.18.2-8lenny2.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 7.18.2-8.1.
We recommend that you upgrade your curl packages.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/curl_7.15.5-1etch2.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/curl_7.15.5.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/curl_7.15.5-1etch2.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/curl_7.15.5.orig.tar.gz
- Architecture-independent component:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-dev_7.15.5-1etch2_all.deb
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/curl_7.15.5-1etch2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-dbg_7.15.5-1etch2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-openssl-dev_7.15.5-1etch2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-gnutls-dev_7.15.5-1etch2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3_7.15.5-1etch2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-gnutls_7.15.5-1etch2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-dbg_7.15.5-1etch2_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-gnutls_7.15.5-1etch2_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3_7.15.5-1etch2_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-gnutls-dev_7.15.5-1etch2_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-openssl-dev_7.15.5-1etch2_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-dbg_7.15.5-1etch2_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/curl_7.15.5-1etch2_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3_7.15.5-1etch2_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-gnutls-dev_7.15.5-1etch2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-openssl-dev_7.15.5-1etch2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-dbg_7.15.5-1etch2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-gnutls_7.15.5-1etch2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3_7.15.5-1etch2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/curl_7.15.5-1etch2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-openssl-dev_7.15.5-1etch2_arm.deb
- HP Precision:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/curl_7.15.5-1etch2_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3_7.15.5-1etch2_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-openssl-dev_7.15.5-1etch2_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-gnutls_7.15.5-1etch2_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-gnutls-dev_7.15.5-1etch2_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-dbg_7.15.5-1etch2_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3_7.15.5-1etch2_hppa.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-gnutls_7.15.5-1etch2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-gnutls-dev_7.15.5-1etch2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-openssl-dev_7.15.5-1etch2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3_7.15.5-1etch2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/curl_7.15.5-1etch2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-dbg_7.15.5-1etch2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-gnutls-dev_7.15.5-1etch2_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-dbg_7.15.5-1etch2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-gnutls-dev_7.15.5-1etch2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/curl_7.15.5-1etch2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-gnutls_7.15.5-1etch2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3_7.15.5-1etch2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-openssl-dev_7.15.5-1etch2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-gnutls-dev_7.15.5-1etch2_ia64.deb
- Big-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-gnutls-dev_7.15.5-1etch2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-dbg_7.15.5-1etch2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-openssl-dev_7.15.5-1etch2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/curl_7.15.5-1etch2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-gnutls_7.15.5-1etch2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3_7.15.5-1etch2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-dbg_7.15.5-1etch2_mips.deb
- Little-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/curl_7.15.5-1etch2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-openssl-dev_7.15.5-1etch2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-gnutls_7.15.5-1etch2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-dbg_7.15.5-1etch2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-gnutls-dev_7.15.5-1etch2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3_7.15.5-1etch2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-openssl-dev_7.15.5-1etch2_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-gnutls-dev_7.15.5-1etch2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-openssl-dev_7.15.5-1etch2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3_7.15.5-1etch2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-dbg_7.15.5-1etch2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/curl_7.15.5-1etch2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-gnutls_7.15.5-1etch2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-openssl-dev_7.15.5-1etch2_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-dbg_7.15.5-1etch2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3_7.15.5-1etch2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/curl_7.15.5-1etch2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-gnutls-dev_7.15.5-1etch2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-gnutls_7.15.5-1etch2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-openssl-dev_7.15.5-1etch2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3_7.15.5-1etch2_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-gnutls_7.15.5-1etch2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-dbg_7.15.5-1etch2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/curl_7.15.5-1etch2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-openssl-dev_7.15.5-1etch2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3_7.15.5-1etch2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-gnutls-dev_7.15.5-1etch2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-dbg_7.15.5-1etch2_sparc.deb
Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (lenny)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/curl_7.18.2-8lenny2.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/curl_7.18.2-8lenny2.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/curl_7.18.2.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/curl_7.18.2-8lenny2.dsc
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/curl_7.18.2-8lenny2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-gnutls_7.18.2-8lenny2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl4-openssl-dev_7.18.2-8lenny2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-dbg_7.18.2-8lenny2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3_7.18.2-8lenny2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl4-gnutls-dev_7.18.2-8lenny2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-gnutls_7.18.2-8lenny2_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-gnutls_7.18.2-8lenny2_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-dbg_7.18.2-8lenny2_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3_7.18.2-8lenny2_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl4-openssl-dev_7.18.2-8lenny2_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/curl_7.18.2-8lenny2_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl4-gnutls-dev_7.18.2-8lenny2_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-dbg_7.18.2-8lenny2_amd64.deb
- ARM EABI:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3_7.18.2-8lenny2_armel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl4-openssl-dev_7.18.2-8lenny2_armel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl4-gnutls-dev_7.18.2-8lenny2_armel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-gnutls_7.18.2-8lenny2_armel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/curl_7.18.2-8lenny2_armel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-dbg_7.18.2-8lenny2_armel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl4-openssl-dev_7.18.2-8lenny2_armel.deb
- HP Precision:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl4-gnutls-dev_7.18.2-8lenny2_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/curl_7.18.2-8lenny2_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-gnutls_7.18.2-8lenny2_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3_7.18.2-8lenny2_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl4-openssl-dev_7.18.2-8lenny2_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-dbg_7.18.2-8lenny2_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/curl_7.18.2-8lenny2_hppa.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl4-gnutls-dev_7.18.2-8lenny2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl4-openssl-dev_7.18.2-8lenny2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-dbg_7.18.2-8lenny2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3_7.18.2-8lenny2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/curl_7.18.2-8lenny2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-gnutls_7.18.2-8lenny2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl4-openssl-dev_7.18.2-8lenny2_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-gnutls_7.18.2-8lenny2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-dbg_7.18.2-8lenny2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl4-gnutls-dev_7.18.2-8lenny2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3_7.18.2-8lenny2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/curl_7.18.2-8lenny2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl4-openssl-dev_7.18.2-8lenny2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-dbg_7.18.2-8lenny2_ia64.deb
- Big-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-dbg_7.18.2-8lenny2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3_7.18.2-8lenny2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-gnutls_7.18.2-8lenny2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl4-openssl-dev_7.18.2-8lenny2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/curl_7.18.2-8lenny2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl4-gnutls-dev_7.18.2-8lenny2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3_7.18.2-8lenny2_mips.deb
- Little-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/curl_7.18.2-8lenny2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-dbg_7.18.2-8lenny2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl4-openssl-dev_7.18.2-8lenny2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-gnutls_7.18.2-8lenny2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl4-gnutls-dev_7.18.2-8lenny2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3_7.18.2-8lenny2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-dbg_7.18.2-8lenny2_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl4-openssl-dev_7.18.2-8lenny2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-dbg_7.18.2-8lenny2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/curl_7.18.2-8lenny2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3_7.18.2-8lenny2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl4-gnutls-dev_7.18.2-8lenny2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-gnutls_7.18.2-8lenny2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-dbg_7.18.2-8lenny2_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-gnutls_7.18.2-8lenny2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/curl_7.18.2-8lenny2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-dbg_7.18.2-8lenny2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl4-openssl-dev_7.18.2-8lenny2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3_7.18.2-8lenny2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl4-gnutls-dev_7.18.2-8lenny2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/curl_7.18.2-8lenny2_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-gnutls_7.18.2-8lenny2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/curl_7.18.2-8lenny2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3-dbg_7.18.2-8lenny2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl3_7.18.2-8lenny2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl4-gnutls-dev_7.18.2-8lenny2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/libcurl4-openssl-dev_7.18.2-8lenny2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/curl/curl_7.18.2-8lenny2_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.