K16708 : cURL and libcurl vulnerabilities CVE-2015-3144 and CVE-2015-3145

Security Advisory Description

• CVE-2015-3144

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.”

• CVE-2015-3145

The sanitize_cookie_path function in cURL and libcurl 7.31.0 through 7.41.0 does not properly calculate an index, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and crash) or possibly have other unspecified impact via a cookie path containing only a double-quote character.

Impact

None. F5 products are not affected by this vulnerability.