TITLE:
cURL/libcURL NTLM Username Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA17193

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17193/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
cURL 7.x
http://secunia.com/product/4691/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in cURL/libcURL, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

For more information:
SA17192

Success exploitation requires that NTLM support is enabled, and that
the user is e.g. tricked into using cURL or an application that uses
libcURL on a malicious website.

The vulnerability has been reported in versions 7.10.6 through
7.14.1.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 7.15.0.
http://curl.haxx.se/download.html

The vendor has also provided a source code patch.
http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl-ntlmbuf.patch

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Discovered by anonymous person and reported via iDEFENSE.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
cURL:
http://curl.haxx.se/mail/lib-2005-10/0061.html

iDEFENSE:
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=322&type=vulnerabilities

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA17192:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17192/

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