Buffer overflow in Haxx Curl
CVE-2013-0249
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.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.229 (97.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Haxx Curl — versions 7.26.0, 7.27.0, 7.28.0
- Haxx Libcurl — versions 7.26.0, 7.27.0, 7.28.0
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 12.10
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_MISC)
- secalert@redhat.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_APPLE)
- secalert@redhat.com (Exploit, exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA)
- secalert@redhat.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_MISC)