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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsaid="201807-04">
<title>cURL:Heap-based Buffer Overflow </title>
<synopsis>A heap-based buffer overflow in cURL might allow remote attackers
to execute arbitrary code.
</synopsis>
<producttype="ebuild">curl</product>
<announced>2018-07-29</announced>
<revisedcount="1">2018-07-29</revised>
<bug>660894</bug>
<access>remote</access>
<affected>
<packagename="net-misc/curl"auto="yes"arch="*">
<unaffectedrange="ge">7.61.0</unaffected>
<vulnerablerange="lt">7.61.0</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>A command line tool and library for transferring data with URLs.</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>A heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in cURL’s
Curl_smtp_escape_eob() function.
</p>
</description>
<impacttype="normal">
<p>An attacker could cause a Denial of Service condition or execute
arbitrary code via SMTP connections.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>All cURL users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
