libcurl: SMTP end-of-response out-of-bounds read - CVE-2019-3823
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curl
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geeknik
Vulnerability Details
Technical details and impact analysis
```
libcurl contains a heap out-of-bounds read in the code handling the
end-of-response for SMTP.
If the buffer passed to `smtp_endofresp()` isn't NUL terminated and contains
no character ending the parsed number, and `len` is set to 5, then the
`strtol()` call reads beyond the allocated buffer. The read contents will not
be returned to the caller.
```
The issue was reported to the project on 18 January 2019.
A patch was sent to me on 19 January 2019.
curl 7.64.0 was released on 6 January 2019.
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2019-3823.html
## Impact
If the buffer passed to `smtp_endofresp()` isn't NUL terminated and contains no character ending the parsed number, and `len` is set to 5, then the `strtol()` call reads beyond the allocated buffer.
Related CVEs
Associated Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
CVE-2019-3823
MEDIUM
libcurl versions from 7.34.0 to before 7.64.0 are vulnerable to a heap out-of-bounds read in the code handling the end-of-response for SMTP. If the buffer passed to `smtp_endofresp()` isn't NUL terminated and contains no character ending the parsed number, and `len` is set to 5, then the `strtol()` call reads …
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State
Closed
Substate
Informative
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Weakness
Heap Overflow