CVE-2018-16839

Public on 2018-10-31

Modified on 2019-02-18

Description

Curl versions 7.33.0 through 7.61.1 are vulnerable to a buffer overrun in the SASL authentication code that may lead to denial of service.

Severity

Low

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CVSS v3 Base Score

5.0

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Affected Packages

Platform	Package	Release Date	Advisory
Amazon Linux 1	curl	2019-01-21 23:46	ALAS-2019-1148
Amazon Linux 2 - Core	curl	2019-02-16 00:34	ALAS2-2019-1162

CVSS Scores

	Score Type	Score	Vector
Amazon Linux	CVSSv3	5.0	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVD	CVSSv2	7.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD	CVSSv3	4.3	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

References

Red Hat: CVE-2018-16839 Mitre: CVE-2018-16839 FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity