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Debian LTS Advisory ([SECURITY] [DLA 1672-1] curl security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
It 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.
Affected Software
Affected Software
curl on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For Debian 8 'Jessie', this issue has been fixed in curl version 7.38.0-4+deb8u14. We recommend that you upgrade your curl packages.