curl FTP Pathname Heap Overflow Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1040531 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1040531
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2018-1000120
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Mar 14 2018
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Impact:
Execution of arbitrary code via network, User access via network
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): 7.12.3 - 7.58.0
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in curl. A remote user can execute arbitrary code on the target system.
A remote user that can control the paths that curl uses for FTP can create specially crafted path names containing the control characters '%00' to trigger a heap overflow and potentially execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Applications configured with '--ftp-method singlecwd' or the libcurl alternative 'CURLOPT_FTP_FILEMETHOD' are affected.
The vendor was notified on January 29, 2018.
Duy Phan Thanh reported this vulnerability.
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Impact:
A remote user can execute arbitrary code on the target system.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a fix (7.59.0).
The vendor advisory is available at:
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_2018-9cd6.html
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Vendor URL: curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_2018-9cd6.html (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Boundary error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
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