Vulnerabilities > CVE-2019-3822 - Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 9.8 - CRITICAL
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
haxx
canonical
debian
netapp
siemens
oracle
redhat
CWE-787
critical
nessus

Summary

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.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Haxx
45
Application
Netapp
11
Application
Siemens
4
Application
Oracle
23
OS
Canonical
4
OS
Debian
1
OS
Redhat
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Nessus

  • NASL familyWeb Servers
    NASL idORACLE_HTTP_SERVER_CPU_APR_2019.NASL
    descriptionThe version of Oracle HTTP Server installed on the remote host is affected by a stack-based buffer overflow as noted in the April 2019 CPU advisory. The condition exists in the included cURL library due to using unsigned math when preventing the overflow. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted HTTP request, to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code.
    last seen2020-03-18
    modified2019-04-18
    plugin id124156
    published2019-04-18
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/124156
    titleOracle Fusion Middleware Oracle HTTP Server (Apr 2019 CPU)
  • NASL familyAmazon Linux Local Security Checks
    NASL idAL2_ALAS-2019-1162.NASL
    descriptionlibcurl is vulnerable to a heap buffer out-of-bounds read. The function handling incoming NTLM type-2 messages (`lib/vauth/ntlm.c:ntlm_decode_type2_target`) does not validate incoming data correctly and is subject to an integer overflow vulnerability. Using that overflow, a malicious or broken NTLM server could trick libcurl to accept a bad length + offset combination that would lead to a buffer read out-of-bounds.(CVE-2018-16890) The NTLM authentication feature in curl and libcurl before 7.57.0 on 32-bit platforms allows attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and resultant buffer overflow, and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving long user and password fields.(CVE-2017-8816) curl and libcurl before 7.57.0 on 32-bit platforms allow attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact because too little memory is allocated for interfacing to an SSL library.(CVE-2017-8818) libcurl may read outside of a heap allocated buffer when doing FTP. When libcurl connects to an FTP server and successfully logs in (anonymous or not), it asks the server for the current directory with the `PWD` command. The server then responds with a 257 response containing the path, inside double quotes. The returned path name is then kept by libcurl for subsequent uses. Due to a flaw in the string parser for this directory name, a directory name passed like this but without a closing double quote would lead to libcurl not adding a trailing NUL byte to the buffer holding the name. When libcurl would then later access the string, it could read beyond the allocated heap buffer and crash or wrongly access data beyond the buffer, thinking it was part of the path. A malicious server could abuse this fact and effectively prevent libcurl-based clients to work with it - the PWD command is always issued on new FTP connections and the mistake has a high chance of causing a segfault. The simple fact that this has issue remained undiscovered for this long could suggest that malformed PWD responses are rare in benign servers. We are not aware of any exploit of this flaw. This bug was introduced in commit [415d2e7cb7](https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/415d2e7cb7), March 2005. In libcurl version 7.56.0, the parser always zero terminates the string but also rejects it if not terminated properly with a final double quote.(CVE-2017-1000254) Curl versions 7.14.1 through 7.61.1 are vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read in the tool_msgs.c:voutf() function that may result in information exposure and denial of service.(CVE-2018-16842) libcurl is 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
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id122260
    published2019-02-19
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/122260
    titleAmazon Linux 2 : curl (ALAS-2019-1162)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2019-174.NASL
    descriptionThis update for curl fixes the following issues : Security issues fixed : - CVE-2019-3823: Fixed a heap out-of-bounds read in the code handling the end-of-response for SMTP (bsc#1123378). - CVE-2019-3822: Fixed a stack based buffer overflow in the function creating an outgoing NTLM type-3 message (bsc#1123377). - CVE-2018-16890: Fixed a heap buffer out-of-bounds read in the function handling incoming NTLM type-2 messages (bsc#1123371). This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id122221
    published2019-02-15
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/122221
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : curl (openSUSE-2019-174)
  • NASL familyMisc.
    NASL idORACLE_ENTERPRISE_MANAGER_OPS_CENTER_JUL_2019_CPU.NASL
    descriptionThe version of Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control installed on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities in Enterprise Manager Base Platform component: - An unspecified vulnerability in Networking (cURL) subcomponent of Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center, which could allow an unauthenticated attacker with network access to compromise Enterprise Manager Ops Center. (CVE-2019-3822) - An unspecified vulnerability in Networking (OpenSSL) subcomponent of Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center, which could allow an unauthenticated attacker with network access to compromise Enterprise Manager Ops Center. (CVE-2019-1559) - An unspecified vulnerability in Networking (OpenSSL) subcomponent of Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center, which could allow a low privileged attacker with network access to compromise Enterprise Manager Ops Center. (CVE-2019-2728)
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id126777
    published2019-07-17
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/126777
    titleOracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center (Jul 2019 CPU)
  • NASL familyRed Hat Local Security Checks
    NASL idREDHAT-RHSA-2019-3701.NASL
    descriptionAn update for curl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. The curl packages provide the libcurl library and the curl utility for downloading files from servers using various protocols, including HTTP, FTP, and LDAP. Security Fix(es) : * curl: NTLM type-2 heap out-of-bounds buffer read (CVE-2018-16890) * wget: Information exposure in set_file_metadata function in xattr.c (CVE-2018-20483) * curl: NTLMv2 type-3 header stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-2019-3822) * curl: SMTP end-of-response out-of-bounds read (CVE-2019-3823) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Additional Changes : For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Release Notes linked from the References section.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id130568
    published2019-11-06
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/130568
    titleRHEL 8 : curl (RHSA-2019:3701)
  • NASL familySlackware Local Security Checks
    NASL idSLACKWARE_SSA_2019-037-01.NASL
    descriptionNew curl packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix security issues.
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2019-02-07
    plugin id121632
    published2019-02-07
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/121632
    titleSlackware 14.0 / 14.1 / 14.2 / current : curl (SSA:2019-037-01)
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-4386.NASL
    descriptionMultiple vulnerabilities were discovered in cURL, an URL transfer library. - CVE-2018-16890 Wenxiang Qian of Tencent Blade Team discovered that the function handling incoming NTLM type-2 messages does not validate incoming data correctly and is subject to an integer overflow vulnerability, which could lead to an out-of-bounds buffer read. - CVE-2019-3822 Wenxiang Qian of Tencent Blade Team discovered that the function creating an outgoing NTLM type-3 header is subject to an integer overflow vulnerability, which could lead to an out-of-bounds write. - CVE-2019-3823 Brian Carpenter of Geeknik Labs discovered that the code handling the end-of-response for SMTP is subject to an out-of-bounds heap read.
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2019-02-07
    plugin id121628
    published2019-02-07
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/121628
    titleDebian DSA-4386-1 : curl - security update
  • NASL familyAmazon Linux Local Security Checks
    NASL idALA_ALAS-2019-1297.NASL
    descriptionA stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id129567
    published2019-10-04
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/129567
    titleAmazon Linux AMI : mysql57 (ALAS-2019-1297)
  • NASL familyDatabases
    NASL idMYSQL_8_0_16.NASL
    descriptionThe version of MySQL running on the remote host is 8.0.x prior to 8.0.16. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities, including four of the top vulnerabilities below, as noted in the April 2019 and July 2019 Critical Patch Update advisories: - An unspecified vulnerability in the
    last seen2020-04-18
    modified2019-04-18
    plugin id124160
    published2019-04-18
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/124160
    titleMySQL 8.0.x < 8.0.16 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Apr 2019 CPU) (Jul 2019 CPU)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_SU-2019-0248-1.NASL
    descriptionThis update for curl fixes the following issues : Security issues fixed : CVE-2019-3823: Fixed a heap out-of-bounds read in the code handling the end-of-response for SMTP (bsc#1123378). CVE-2019-3822: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in the function creating an outgoing NTLM type-3 message (bsc#1123377). CVE-2018-16890: Fixed a heap buffer out-of-bounds read in the function handling incoming NTLM type-2 messages (bsc#1123371). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-03-18
    modified2019-02-06
    plugin id121618
    published2019-02-06
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/121618
    titleSUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : curl (SUSE-SU-2019:0248-1)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_SU-2019-0249-1.NASL
    descriptionThis update for curl fixes the following issues : Security issues fixed : CVE-2019-3823: Fixed a heap out-of-bounds read in the code handling the end-of-response for SMTP (bsc#1123378). CVE-2019-3822: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in the function creating an outgoing NTLM type-3 message (bsc#1123377). CVE-2018-16890: Fixed a heap buffer out-of-bounds read in the function handling incoming NTLM type-2 messages (bsc#1123371). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-03-18
    modified2019-02-07
    plugin id121635
    published2019-02-07
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/121635
    titleSUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : curl (SUSE-SU-2019:0249-1)
  • NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
    NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-201903-03.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201903-03 (cURL: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in cURL. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : Remote attackers could cause a Denial of Service condition. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id122731
    published2019-03-11
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/122731
    titleGLSA-201903-03 : cURL: Multiple vulnerabilities
  • NASL familyDatabases
    NASL idMYSQL_5_7_27_JULY.NASL
    descriptionThe version of MySQL running on the remote host is 5.7.x prior to 5.7.27. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities, including three of the top vulnerabilities below, as noted in the July 2019 Critical Patch Update advisory: - A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the
    last seen2020-04-18
    modified2019-07-18
    plugin id126783
    published2019-07-18
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/126783
    titleMySQL 5.7.x < 5.7.27 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Jul 2019 CPU)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2019-173.NASL
    descriptionThis update for curl fixes the following issues : Security issues fixed : - CVE-2019-3823: Fixed a heap out-of-bounds read in the code handling the end-of-response for SMTP (bsc#1123378). - CVE-2019-3822: Fixed a stack based buffer overflow in the function creating an outgoing NTLM type-3 message (bsc#1123377). - CVE-2018-16890: Fixed a heap buffer out-of-bounds read in the function handling incoming NTLM type-2 messages (bsc#1123371). This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id122220
    published2019-02-15
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/122220
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : curl (openSUSE-2019-173)
  • NASL familyPhotonOS Local Security Checks
    NASL idPHOTONOS_PHSA-2019-1_0-0209_CURL.NASL
    descriptionAn update of the curl package has been released.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id133296
    published2020-01-28
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/133296
    titlePhoton OS 1.0: Curl PHSA-2019-1.0-0209
  • NASL familyFreeBSD Local Security Checks
    NASL idFREEBSD_PKG_198E6220AC8B11E9A1C7B499BAEBFEAF.NASL
    descriptionOracle reports : This Critical Patch Update contains 45 new security fixes for Oracle MySQL. 4 of these vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., may be exploited over a network without requiring user credentials.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id126928
    published2019-07-23
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/126928
    titleFreeBSD : MySQL -- Multiple vulerabilities (198e6220-ac8b-11e9-a1c7-b499baebfeaf)
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DLA-1672.NASL
    descriptionIt was discovered that there were three vulnerabilities in the curl command-line HTTP (etc.) client : - CVE-2018-16890: A heap buffer out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the handling of NTLM type-2 messages. - CVE-2019-3822: Stack-based buffer overflow in the handling of outgoing NTLM type-3 headers. - CVE-2019-3823: Heap out-of-bounds read in code handling the end of a response in the SMTP protocol. For Debian 8
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id122099
    published2019-02-12
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/122099
    titleDebian DLA-1672-1 : curl security update
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2019-43489941FF.NASL
    description - fix SMTP end-of-response out-of-bounds read (CVE-2019-3823) - fix NTLMv2 type-3 header stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-2019-3822) - fix NTLM type-2 out-of-bounds buffer read (CVE-2018-16890) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id122106
    published2019-02-12
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/122106
    titleFedora 29 : curl (2019-43489941ff)
  • NASL familyUbuntu Local Security Checks
    NASL idUBUNTU_USN-3882-1.NASL
    descriptionWenxiang Qian discovered that curl incorrectly handled certain NTLM authentication messages. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause curl to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 18.10. (CVE-2018-16890) Wenxiang Qian discovered that curl incorrectly handled certain NTLMv2 authentication messages. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause curl to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 18.10. (CVE-2019-3822) Brian Carpenter discovered that curl incorrectly handled certain SMTP responses. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause curl to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2019-3823). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-03-18
    modified2019-02-07
    plugin id121639
    published2019-02-07
    reporterUbuntu Security Notice (C) 2019-2020 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/121639
    titleUbuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 18.10 : curl vulnerabilities (USN-3882-1)
  • NASL familyFreeBSD Local Security Checks
    NASL idFREEBSD_PKG_714B033A2B0911E98BC3610FD6E6CD05.NASL
    descriptioncurl security problems : CVE-2018-16890: NTLM type-2 out-of-bounds buffer read libcurl contains a heap buffer out-of-bounds read flaw. The function handling incoming NTLM type-2 messages (lib/vauth/ntlm.c:ntlm_decode_type2_target) does not validate incoming data correctly and is subject to an integer overflow vulnerability. Using that overflow, a malicious or broken NTLM server could trick libcurl to accept a bad length + offset combination that would lead to a buffer read out-of-bounds. CVE-2019-3822: NTLMv2 type-3 header stack-based buffer overflow libcurl contains a stack based buffer overflow vulnerability. 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
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id122042
    published2019-02-08
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/122042
    titleFreeBSD : curl -- multiple vulnerabilities (714b033a-2b09-11e9-8bc3-610fd6e6cd05)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_SU-2019-0339-1.NASL
    descriptionThis update for curl fixes the following issues : Security issues fixed : CVE-2019-3822: Fixed a NTLMv2 type-3 header stack-based buffer overflow (bsc#1123377). CVE-2019-3823: Fixed an out-of-bounds read in the SMTP end-of-response (bsc#1123378). CVE-2018-16890: Fixed an out-of-bounds buffer read in NTLM type2 (bsc#1123371). CVE-2018-16842: Fixed an out-of-bounds read in tool_msgs.c (bsc#1113660). CVE-2018-16840: Fixed a use-after-free in handle close (bsc#1113029). CVE-2018-16839: Fixed an SASL password overflow caused by an integer overflow (bsc#1112758). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id122149
    published2019-02-13
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/122149
    titleSUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : curl (SUSE-SU-2019:0339-1)

Redhat

advisories
rhsa
idRHSA-2019:3701
rpms
  • curl-0:7.61.1-11.el8
  • curl-debuginfo-0:7.61.1-11.el8
  • curl-debugsource-0:7.61.1-11.el8
  • curl-minimal-debuginfo-0:7.61.1-11.el8
  • libcurl-0:7.61.1-11.el8
  • libcurl-debuginfo-0:7.61.1-11.el8
  • libcurl-devel-0:7.61.1-11.el8
  • libcurl-minimal-0:7.61.1-11.el8
  • libcurl-minimal-debuginfo-0:7.61.1-11.el8

References