Out-of-bounds Write Affecting curl-debuginfo package, versions <0:7.61.1-7.91.amzn1
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- published27 Sept 2021
- disclosed11 Jul 2018
Introduced: 11 Jul 2018
CVE-2018-0500 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 curl-debuginfo to version 0:7.61.1-7.91.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2019-1151.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream curl-debuginfo package and not the curl-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux.
See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.
Curl_smtp_escape_eob in lib/smtp.c in curl 7.54.1 to and including curl 7.60.0 has a heap-based buffer overflow that might be exploitable by an attacker who can control the data that curl transmits over SMTP with certain settings (i.e., use of a nonstandard --limit-rate argument or CURLOPT_BUFFERSIZE value).
References
- https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_2018-70a2.html
- https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/ba1dbd78e5f1ed67c1b8d37ac89d90e5e330b628
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-0500
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201807-04
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041280
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3710-1/