CVE-2013-0249

Publication date 8 February 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Curl_sasl_create_digest_md5_message function in lib/curl_sasl.c in curl and libcurl 7.26.0 through 7.28.1, when negotiating SASL DIGEST-MD5 authentication, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string in the realm parameter in a (1) POP3, (2) SMTP or (3) IMAP message.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
curl	12.10 quantal	Fixed 7.27.0-1ubuntu1.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
	11.10 oneiric	Not affected
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not affected
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not affected

Notes

jdstrand

per upstream, curl < 7.26.0 is not affected

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
curl	Upstream: http://curl.haxx.se/curl-sasl.patch

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)