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gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-201807-04.xml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="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>
<product type="ebuild">curl</product>
<announced>2018-07-29</announced>
<revised count="1">2018-07-29</revised>
<bug>660894</bug>
<access>remote</access>
<affected>
<package name="net-misc/curl" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">7.61.0</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="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 cURLs
Curl_smtp_escape_eob() function.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="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>
<code>
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-misc/curl-7.61.0"
</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0500">CVE-2018-0500</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2018-07-21T22:56:00Z">irishluck83</metadata>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2018-07-29T22:11:16Z">irishluck83</metadata>
</glsa>