Out-of-bounds Read Affecting curl package, versions <7.58.0-2ubuntu3.5
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
1.07% (84th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1804-CURL-358781
- published 2 Dec 2018
- disclosed 31 Oct 2018
Introduced: 31 Oct 2018
CVE-2018-16842 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 curl to version 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.5 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream curl package and not the curl package as distributed by Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
Curl versions 7.14.1 through 7.61.1 are vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read in the tool_msgs.c:voutf() function that may result in information exposure and denial of service.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-16842
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16842
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4331
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00005.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-16842
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-03
- https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/d530e92f59ae9bb2d47066c3c460b25d2ffeb211
- https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2018-16842.html
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16842
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2181
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042014
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3805-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3805-2/