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FreeBSD : curl -- SMTP send heap buffer overflow (3849e28f-8693-11e8-9610-9c5c8e75236a)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 111405

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Peter Wu reports :

curl might overflow a heap based memory buffer when sending data over SMTP and using a reduced read buffer.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2018-0500.html

http://www.nessus.org/u?9a230f36

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 111405

File Name: freebsd_pkg_3849e28f869311e896109c5c8e75236a.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Published: 7/30/2018

Updated: 9/2/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-0500

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:curl, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/27/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/11/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-0500