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CVE-2018-16839

Published: 31 October 2018

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.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
introduced by https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/c56f9797e7feb7c2dc

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
curl
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream Pending
(7.62.0)
trusty
Released (7.35.0-1ubuntu2.19)
xenial
Released (7.47.0-1ubuntu2.11)
bionic
Released (7.58.0-2ubuntu3.5)
cosmic
Released (7.61.0-1ubuntu2.2)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H