SMTP end-of-response out-of-bounds read
Project curl Security Advisory, February 6th 2019 - Permalink
VULNERABILITY
libcurl contains a heap out-of-bounds read in the code handling the end-of-response for SMTP.
If the buffer passed to smtp_endofresp() isn't NUL terminated and contains no character ending the parsed number, and len is set to 5, then the strtol() call reads beyond the allocated buffer. The read contents will not be returned to the caller.
We are not aware of any exploit of this flaw.
INFO
This bug was introduced in October 2013 in commit 2766262a68.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned the name CVE-2019-3823 to this issue.
CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read
Severity: Low
AFFECTED VERSIONS
libcurl is used by many applications, but not always advertised as such.
THE SOLUTION
A patch for CVE-2019-3823 is available.
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 SMTP
TIMELINE
The issue was reported to the curl project on January 18, 2019. A patch was communicated to the reporter on January 19, 2019. 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: Brian Carpenter (Geeknik Labs)
- Patched-by: Daniel Gustafsson
Thanks a lot!