CVE-2015-3144

Critical

Description

The fix_hostname function in cURL and libcurl 7.37.0 through 7.41.0 does not properly calculate an index, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write and crash) or possibly have other unspecified impact via a zero-length host name, as demonstrated by "http://:80" and ":80."

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.0
Exploit probability—
ProductHaxx Curl
PublishedApr 24, 2015
First seenApr 24, 2015

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
haxx curl7.37.0, 7.37.1, 7.38.0, 7.39.0, 7.40.0, 7.41.0—
oracle mysql_enterprise_monitorv ≤ 2.3.20, v ≤ 3.0.22—
haxx libcurl7.37.0, 7.37.1, 7.38.0, 7.39, 7.40.0, 7.41.0—
canonical ubuntu_linux12.04, 14.04, 14.10, 15.04—
debian debian_linux7.0—

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