CVE-2013-0249

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-0249
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-03-08 22:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionStack-based buffer overflow in the Curl_sasl_create_digest_md5_message function in lib/curl_sasl.c in curl and libcurl 7.26.0 through 7.28.1, when negotiating SASL DIGEST-MD5 authentication, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string in the realm parameter in a (1) POP3, (2) SMTP or (3) IMAP message.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.10 All All All
Application Haxx Curl 7.26.0 All All All
Application Haxx Curl 7.27.0 All All All
Application Haxx Curl 7.28.0 All All All
Application Haxx Curl 7.28.1 All All All
Application Haxx Libcurl 7.26.0 All All All
Application Haxx Libcurl 7.27.0 All All All
Application Haxx Libcurl 7.28.0 All All All
Application Haxx Libcurl 7.28.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Blog.Volema / cURL buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blog.volema.com
cURL Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com Exploit
Oracle Critical Patch Update - July 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
www.osvdb.org/89988 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
cURL/libcURL 'Curl_sasl_create_digest_md5_message()' Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
APPLE-SA-2013-10-22-3 OS X Mavericks v10.9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
USN-1721-1: curl vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory
Anatomy of a vulnerability – cURL web download toolkit holed by authentication bug | Naked Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 nakedsecurity.sophos.com
cURL - Security Advisory (SASL buffer overflow) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 curl.haxx.se Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: curl-7.27.0-6.fc18 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Slackware Security Advisory - curl Updates ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com
cURL Buffer Overflow ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com
cURL Buffer Overflow in Curl_sasl_create_digest_md5_message() Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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