Heap-based Buffer Overflow The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package curl (opens in a new tab)
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- published29 Apr 2025
- disclosed22 May 2019
Introduced: 22 May 2019
CVE-2019-5436 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Red Hat security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for RHEL:10.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream curl package and not the curl package as distributed by RHEL.
A heap buffer overflow in the TFTP receiving code allows for DoS or arbitrary code execution in libcurl versions 7.19.4 through 7.64.1.
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1710620
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-5436
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SMG3V4VTX2SE3EW3HQTN3DDLQBTORQC2/
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K55133295?utm_source=f5support&utm_medium=RSS
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00017.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/11/6
- https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2019-5436.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SMG3V4VTX2SE3EW3HQTN3DDLQBTORQC2/
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Feb/36
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-29
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190606-0004/
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K55133295
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K55133295?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4633
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html