Out-of-Bounds Affecting curl package, versions <7.52.1-5+deb9u8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.58% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-CURL-358494
  • published2 Dec 2018
  • disclosed31 Oct 2018

Introduced: 31 Oct 2018

CVE-2018-16839  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 curl to version 7.52.1-5+deb9u8 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream curl package and not the curl package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

Curl versions 7.33.0 through 7.61.1 are vulnerable to a buffer overrun in the SASL authentication code that may lead to denial of service.