Buffer overflow in libmicrohttpd - CVE-2013-7038
Published: December 13, 2013 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42235
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-7038
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: GNU
Affected software:
libmicrohttpd
libmicrohttpd
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to #BASIC_IMPACT#.
The MHD_http_unescape function in libmicrohttpd before 0.9.32 might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors that trigger an out-of-bounds read.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-7038
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55903
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201402-01.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/09/11
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64138
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=493450
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1039384
- https://gnunet.org/svn/libmicrohttpd/ChangeLog