NTLM type-2 out-of-bounds buffer read
Project curl Security Advisory, February 6th 2019 - Permalink
VULNERABILITY
libcurl contains a heap buffer out-of-bounds read flaw.
The function handling incoming NTLM type-2 messages (lib/vauth/ntlm.c:ntlm_decode_type2_target) does not validate incoming data correctly and is subject to an integer overflow vulnerability.
Using that overflow, a malicious or broken NTLM server could trick libcurl to accept a bad length + offset combination that would lead to a buffer read out-of-bounds.
We are not aware of any exploit of this flaw.
INFO
This bug was introduced in commit 86724581b6c, January 2014.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned the name CVE-2018-16890 to this issue.
CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read
Severity: Medium
AFFECTED VERSIONS
- Affected versions: libcurl 7.36.0 to and including 7.63.0
- Not affected versions: libcurl < 7.36.0 and >= 7.64.0
libcurl is used by many applications, but not always advertised as such.
THE SOLUTION
RECOMMENDATIONS
We suggest you take one of the following actions immediately, in order of preference:
A - Upgrade curl to version 7.64.0
B - Apply the patch to your version and rebuild
C - Turn off NTLM authentication
TIME LINE
It was reported to the curl project on December 30, 2018. We contacted distros@openwall on January 28.
curl 7.64.0 was released on February 6 2019, coordinated with the publication of this advisory.
CREDITS
- Reported-by: Wenxiang Qian of Tencent Blade Team
- Patched-by: Daniel Stenberg
Thanks a lot!