CVE-2018-16839

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.

CVSS v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : CRITICAL

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/f3a24d7916b9173c69a3e0ee790102993833d6c5	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2018-16839.html	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16839	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3805-1/	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042012	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4331	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00005.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-03	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8338a0f605bdbb3a6098bb76f666a95fc2b2f53f37fa1ecc89f1146f@%3Cdevnull.infra.apache.org%3E	Mailing List Third Party Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::lts:::

Information

Published : 2018-10-31 11:29

Updated : 2019-10-09 16:36

NVD link : CVE-2018-16839

Mitre link : CVE-2018-16839

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

canonical

ubuntu_linux

haxx

curl

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