CVE-2018-1000300
FTP shutdown response buffer overflow
Project curl Security Advisory, May 16th 2018 - Permalink
VULNERABILITY
curl might overflow a heap based memory buffer when closing down an FTP connection with very long server command replies.
When doing FTP transfers, curl keeps a spare "closure handle" around internally that is used when an FTP connection gets shut down since the original curl easy handle is then already removed.
FTP server response data that gets cached from the original transfer might then be larger than the default buffer size (16 KB) allocated in the "closure handle", which can lead to a buffer overwrite. The contents and size of that overwrite is controllable by the server.
This situation was detected by an assert() in the code, but that was of course only preventing bad stuff in debug builds. This bug is very unlikely to trigger with non-malicious servers.
INFO
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned the name CVE-2018-1000300 to this issue.
CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Severity: High
AFFECTED VERSIONS
- Affected versions: curl 7.54.1 to and including curl 7.59.0
- Not affected versions: curl < 7.54.1 and curl >= 7.60.0
- Introduced-in: https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/e40e9d7f0decc79
libcurl is used by many applications, but not always advertised as such.
SOLUTION
In curl version 7.60.0, curl returns an error if this situation happens.
RECOMMENDATIONS
We suggest you take one of the following actions immediately, in order of preference:
A - Upgrade curl to version 7.60.0
B - Apply the patch to your version and rebuild
C - Avoid using FTP
TIMELINE
It was reported to the curl project on March 22, 2018
We contacted distros@openwall on May 7, 2018.
curl 7.60.0 was released on May 16 2018, coordinated with the publication of this advisory.
CREDITS
- Reported-by: Dario Weisser
- Patched-by: Daniel Stenberg
Thanks a lot!