CVE-2010-3842 (GCVE-0-2010-3842)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2010-10-27 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 03:26
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
7 references
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| http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20101013.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/13/4 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/13/5 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1024583 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/39532 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/13/1 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642642 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
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