| Name | CVE-2015-3144 |
| 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." |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| curl (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 7.38.0-4+deb8u27 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 7.52.1-5+deb9u16 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 7.52.1-5+deb9u21 | fixed |
| buster | 7.64.0-4+deb10u2 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 7.64.0-4+deb10u9 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 7.74.0-1.3+deb11u11 | fixed |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 7.88.1-10+deb12u5 | fixed |
| trixie | 8.5.0-2 | fixed |
| sid | 8.7.1-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| curl | source | squeeze | (not affected) | | | |
| curl | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| curl | source | jessie | 7.38.0-4+deb8u1 | | | |
| curl | source | (unstable) | 7.42.0-1 | | | |
Notes
[wheezy] - curl <not-affected> (Affects 7.37.0 to and including 7.41.0)
[squeeze] - curl <not-affected> (Affects 7.37.0 to and including 7.41.0)
http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20150422D.html