THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2017-1000100
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2017-1000100

Libcurl vulnerability

CVSS
6.5
EPSS
4.0%
EPSS pct
89th
Exploited
No known
When doing a TFTP transfer and curl/libcurl is given a URL that contains a very long file name (longer than about 515 bytes), the file name is truncated to fit within the buffer boundaries, but the buffer size is still wrongly updated to use the untruncated length. This too large value is then used in the sendto() call, making curl attempt to send more data than what is actually put into the buffer. The endto() function will then read beyond the end of the heap based buffer. A malicious HTTP(S) server could redirect a vulnerable libcurl-using client to a crafted TFTP URL (if the client hasn't restricted which protocols it allows redirects to) and trick it to send private memory contents to a remote server over UDP. Limit curl's redirect protocols with --proto-redir and libcurl's with CURLOPT_REDIR_PROTOCOLS.
Affected vendor
Haxx
Affected product
Libcurl
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-200 — Exposure of Sensitive Information
Published
2017-10-05

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 4.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2017-1000100

  • Confirm whether Haxx Libcurl is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2017-1000100.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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