CVE-2018-16839

Summary

CVECVE-2018-16839
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-10-31 18:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:53:00 UTC
DescriptionCurl 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Haxx Curl All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
curl - SASL password overflow via integer overflow - CVE-2018-16839 MISC curl.haxx.se Patch, Vendor Advisory
cURL: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201903-03) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Curl_auth_create_plain_message: fix too-large-input-check · curl/curl@f3a24d7 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Pony Mail! lists.apache.org
curl Buffer Overflow in Curl_auth_create_plain_message Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[SECURITY] [DLA 1568-1] curl security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4331-1 curl DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
1642201 – (CVE-2018-16839) CVE-2018-16839 curl: Integer overflow leading to heap-based buffer overflow in Curl_sasl_create_plain_message() CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
USN-3805-1: curl vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500126 Alpine Linux Security Update for curl
  • 503781 Alpine Linux Security Update for curl
  • 710197 Gentoo Linux cURL Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201903-03)
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