CVE-2018-0500
A heap-based buffer overflow has been found in the Curl_smtp_escape_eob() function of curl. An attacker could exploit this by convincing a user to use curl to upload data over SMTP with a reduced buffer to cause a crash or corrupt memory.
Find out more about CVE-2018-0500 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Statement
This issue did not affect the versions of curl/libcurl as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and 7 as they did not include the vulnerable code.
This issue did not affect the versions of curl/libcurl as shipped with Red Hat Software Collections 3 as they did not include the vulnerable code.
CVSS v3 metrics
| CVSS3 Base Score | 7.5 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | High |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity Impact | High |
| Availability Impact | High |
Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss Core Services 1 | RHSA-2018:2486 | 2018-08-16 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | httpd24-curl | Not affected |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 | curl | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | curl | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | curl | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | curl | Not affected |
| .NET Core 2.0 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux | rh-dotnet20-curl | Under investigation |
| .NET Core 2.0 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux | rh-dotnet21-curl | Under investigation |
| .NET Core 1.0 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux | rh-dotnetcore10-curl | Under investigation |
| .NET Core 1.0 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux | rh-dotnetcore11-curl | Under investigation |