Null pointer dereference in cURL - CVE-2018-1000121

 

Null pointer dereference in cURL - CVE-2018-1000121

Published: March 15, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU11105
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1000121
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: curl.haxx.se
Affected software:
cURL

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists due to NULL pointer dereference in ldap_get_attribute_ber(). A remote attacker can return a specially crafted redirect to an LDAP URL, trigger NULL pointer dereference and cause the service to crash.//

How to mitigate CVE-2018-1000121

Update to version 7.59.0.

Sources