HIGH
curl: Stack-based buffer overflow when negotiating SASL DIGEST-MD5 authentication with IMAP, POP3 and SMTP protocols
Published Mar 8, 2013
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 21.64%
Description
Stack-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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
Configuration 2
- 12.10
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
curl
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
curl
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | curl | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | curl | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of curl as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.
Weaknesses (2)
References (17)
- http://blog.volema.com/curl-rce.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20130206.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00004.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/099140.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/02/10/anatomy-of-a-vulnerability-curl-web-download-toolkit-holed-by-authentication-bug/ x_refsource_MISC
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/120147/cURL-Buffer-Overflow.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/120170/Slackware-Security-Advisory-curl-Updates.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24487 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.osvdb.org/89988 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57842 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028093 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1721-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0249 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=906779 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0249
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-0249
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Mar 8, 2013
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Dec 6, 2012
Link CVE-2013-0249
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a