National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2010-0734

Overview

content_encoding.c in libcurl 7.10.5 through 7.19.7, when zlib is enabled, does not properly restrict the amount of callback data sent to an application that requests automatic decompression, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or have unspecified other impact by sending crafted compressed data to an application that relies on the intended data-length limit.

Impact

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External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20100316 Re: CVE Request -- cURL/libCURL 7.20.0

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/03/16/11

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20100309 Re: CVE Request -- cURL/libCURL 7.20.0

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/03/09/1

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20100209 CVE Request -- cURL/libCURL 7.20.0

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/09/5

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl-contentencoding.patch

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl-contentencoding.patch

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=563220

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=563220

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2010-1481

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1481

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2010-0725

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0725

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2010-0660

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0660

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2010-0602

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0602

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2010-0571

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0571

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html

Hyperlink:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-1158-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1158-1

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20110211 VMSA-2011-0003 Third party component updates for VMware vCenter Server, vCenter Update Manager, ESXi and ESX

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20101027 rPSA-2010-0072-1 curl

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/514490/100/0/threaded

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2010:0329

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0329.html

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2010:062

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:062

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-2023

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2023

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2010-0072

Hyperlink:http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2010-0072

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100081819

Hyperlink:http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100081819

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4188

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4188

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 45047

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/45047

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 40220

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/40220

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 39734

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/39734

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 39087

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/39087

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 38981

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/38981

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 38843

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/38843

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6756

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6756

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10760

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10760

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2010-2720

Hyperlink:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/037143.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2010-2762

Hyperlink:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/036744.html

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2010-06-15-1

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Jun/msg00001.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://curl.haxx.se/docs/security.html#20100209

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://curl.haxx.se/docs/security.html#20100209

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20100209.html

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20100209.html

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6756

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6756

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10760

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10760