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[SECURITY ADVISORY] curl: FTP-KRB double-free

From: Daniel Stenberg via curl-library <curl-library_at_cool.haxx.se>
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2019 08:01:03 +0200 (CEST)

FTP-KRB double-free
===================

Project curl Security Advisory, September 11th 2019 -
[Permalink](https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2019-5481.html)

VULNERABILITY
-------------

libcurl can be told to use kerberos over FTP to a server, as set with the
`CURLOPT_KRBLEVEL` option.

During such kerberos FTP data transfer, the server sends data to curl in
blocks with the 32 bit size of each block first and then that amount of data
immediately following.

A malicious or just broken server can claim to send a very large block and if
by doing that it makes curl's subsequent call to `realloc()` to fail, curl
would then misbehave in the exit path and double-free the memory.

In practical terms, an up to 4 GB memory area may very well be fine to
allocate on a modern 64 bit system but on 32 bit systems it will fail.

Kerberos FTP is a rarely used protocol with curl. Also, Kerberos
authentication is usually only attempted and used with servers that the client
has a previous association with.

We are not aware of any exploit of this flaw.

INFO 

----
This bug was introduced in November 2016 in [commit
0649433da53c7165f839e2](https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/0649433da53c7165f839e2).
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned the name
CVE-2019-5481 to this issue.
CWE-415: Double Free
Severity: 6.3 (Medium)
AFFECTED VERSIONS
-----------------
- Affected versions: libcurl >= 7.52.0 to and including 7.65.3
- Not affected versions: libcurl < 7.52.0
libcurl is used by many applications, but not always advertised as such.
THE SOLUTION
------------
A [fix for CVE-2019-5481](https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/9069838b30fb3b48af0123e39f664cea683254a5)
RECOMMENDATIONS
--------------
We suggest you take one of the following actions immediately, in order of
preference:
  A - Upgrade curl to version 7.66.0
  B - Apply the patch to your version and rebuild
  C - do not use `CURLOPT_KRBLEVEL`
TIMELINE
--------
The issue was reported to the curl project on September 3, 2019. The fix was done,
verified and communicated with the reporter on September 3, 2019.
We contacted distros_at_openwall on September 5.
This advisory was posted on September 11th 2019.
CREDITS
-------
Reported by Thomas Vegas. Patch by Daniel Stenberg.
Thanks a lot!
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