Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | curl vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-1721-1 | First vendor Publication | 2013-02-12 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2013-02-12 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 7.5 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 12.10 Summary: curl could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a malicious URL. Software Description: - curl: HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP client and client libraries Details: It was discovered that curl incorrectly handled SASL authentication when communicating over POP3, SMTP or IMAP. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted URL, an attacker could cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. The default compiler options for affected releases should reduce the vulnerability to a denial of service. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 12.10: In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: Package Information: |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1721-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-119 | Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18190 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18190 | ||
| Title: | USN-1721-1 -- curl vulnerability | ||
| Description: | curl could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a malicious URL. Software Description: - curl: HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP client and client libraries Details: It was discovered that curl incorrectly handled SASL authentication when communicating over POP3, SMTP or IMAP. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | USN-1721-1 CVE-2013-0249 | Version: | 7 |
| Platform(s): | Ubuntu 12.10 | Product(s): | curl |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 4 | |
| Application | 4 | |
| Os | 1 |
ExploitDB Exploits
| id | Description |
|---|---|
| 2013-02-11 | cURL Buffer Overflow Vulnerability |
Snort® IPS/IDS
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2014-01-10 | libcurl MD5 digest buffer overflow attempt RuleID : 26391 - Revision : 3 - Type : PROTOCOL-POP |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2014-01-21 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-201401-14.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2013-10-23 | Name : The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes multiple security vul... File : macosx_10_9.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2013-02-25 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2013-2098.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2013-02-13 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-1721-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2013-02-08 | Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update. File : Slackware_SSA_2013-038-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2014-02-17 12:01:28 |
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| 2013-03-18 21:19:33 |
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| 2013-03-16 18:31:57 |
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| 2013-02-13 00:21:20 |
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