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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2019-3822

libcurl versions from 7.36.0 to before 7.64.0 are vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 12.9%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 12.9%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

libcurl versions from 7.36.0 to before 7.64.0 are vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow. The function creating an outgoing NTLM type-3 header (`lib/vauth/ntlm.c:Curl_auth_create_ntlm_type3_message()`), generates the request HTTP header contents based on previously received data. The check that exists to prevent the local buffer from getting overflowed is implemented wrongly (using unsigned math) and as such it does not prevent the overflow from happening. This output data can grow larger than the local buffer if very large 'nt response' data is extracted from a previous NTLMv2 header provided by the malicious or broken HTTP server. Such a 'large value' needs to be around 1000 bytes or more. The actual payload data copied to the target buffer comes from the NTLMv2 type-2 response header.

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
12.87% probability · 96th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-121, CWE-787
Affected
haxx/libcurl · canonical/ubuntu linux · debian/debian linux · netapp/active iq unified manager · netapp/clustered data ontap · netapp/oncommand insight · netapp/oncommand workflow automation · netapp/snapcenter · siemens/sinema remote connect client · oracle/communications operations monitor · oracle/enterprise manager ops center · oracle/http server · oracle/mysql server · oracle/secure global desktop · oracle/services tools bundle · redhat/enterprise linux
Source
secalert@redhat.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.