Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 28, 2010· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2010-3842

Description

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in curl 7.20.0 through 7.21.1, when the --remote-header-name or -J option is used, allows remote servers to create or overwrite arbitrary files by using \ (backslash) as a separator of path components within the Content-disposition HTTP header.

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Affected products

Curl/Curl4 versions
cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.20.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.20.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.20.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.21.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: >=7.20.0,<=7.21.1

Patches

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References

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/13/4nvdPatch
curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20101013.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/39532nvdVendor Advisory
securitytracker.com/idnvd
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/13/1nvd
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/13/5nvd
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd

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