CVE-2019-17455

Summary

CVECVE-2019-17455
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-10-10 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:06:00 UTC
DescriptionLibntlm through 1.5 relies on a fixed buffer size for tSmbNtlmAuthRequest, tSmbNtlmAuthChallenge, and tSmbNtlmAuthResponse read and write operations, as demonstrated by a stack-based buffer over-read in buildSmbNtlmAuthRequest in smbutil.c for a crafted NTLM request.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

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 20.04 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 20.04 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
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 32 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 32 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Application Nongnu Libntlm All All All All
Application Opensuse Backports Sle 15.0 sp1 All All
Application Opensuse Backports Sle 15.0 sp1 All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: libntlm-1.6-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
#942145 - libntlm: CVE-2019-17455 - Debian Bug report logs MISC bugs.debian.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 2831-1] libntlm security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0816-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE-2019-17455 | Ubuntu CONFIRM people.canonical.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: libntlm-1.6-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE-2019-17455 CONFIRM security-tracker.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: libntlm-1.6-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: libntlm-1.6-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Buffer Overflow Write when libntlm generates NTLM request (version<=1.5) (#2) · Issues · Simon Josefsson / Libntlm · GitLab MISC gitlab.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 2207-1] libntlm security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0806-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 178917 Debian Security Update for libntlm (DLA 2831-1)
  • 198536 Ubuntu Security Notification for libntlm Vulnerability (USN-5108-1)
  • 901812 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for libntlm (7266)
  • 904646 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for libntlm (7266-1)
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