Vulnerability identifier: #VU17456

Vulnerability risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-3822

CWE-ID: CWE-121

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
libcurl
Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products

Vendor: curl.haxx.se

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition or execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to the NT LAN Manager (NTLM) Curl_auth_create_ntlm_type3_message function creates an outgoing NTLM type-3 header and generates the request HTTP header contents based on previously received data. A remote unauthenticated attacker can send very large ‘nt response’ output data, that has been extracted from a previous NTLMv2 header that was provided by a malicious or broken HTTP server, trigger stack-based buffer overflow and cause the service to crash or execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Mitigation
Update to version 7.64.0.

Vulnerable software versions

libcurl: 7.36.0 - 7.63.0

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External links
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3822
http://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2019-3822.html

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.