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Message-ID: <4ec90439-635a-adba-a27e-9aed3af232d8@oracle.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2017 12:17:52 -0700
From: Yiteng Zhang <yiteng.zhang@...cle.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com,
curl security announcements -- curl users <curl-users@...l.haxx.se>,
curl-announce@...l.haxx.se,
libcurl hacking <curl-library@...l.haxx.se>
Subject: Re: [SECURITY ADVISORY] curl: FILE buffer read out of
bounds
Bug Filed:
26620281 - CVE-2017-1000099 curl: FILE buffer read out of bounds
Yiteng
On 08/ 8/17 11:05 PM, Daniel Stenberg wrote:
> FILE buffer read out of bounds
> ==============================
>
> Project curl Security Advisory, August 9th 2017 -
> [Permalink](https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20170809C.html)
>
> VULNERABILITY
> -------------
>
> When asking to get a file from a file:// URL, libcurl provides a
> feature that
> outputs meta-data about the file using HTTP-like headers.
>
> The code doing this would send the wrong buffer to the user (stdout or
> the
> application's provide callback), which could lead to other private
> data from
> the heap to get inadvertently displayed.
>
> The wrong buffer was an uninitialized memory area allocated on the
> heap and if
> it turned out to not contain any zero byte, it would continue and
> display the
> data following that buffer in memory.
>
> We are not aware of any exploit of this flaw.
>
> INFO
> ----
>
> This flaw also affects the curl command line tool.
>
> The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned
> the name
> CVE-2017-1000099 to this issue.
>
> AFFECTED VERSIONS
> -----------------
>
> This bug has been was pushed to curl in commit
> [7c312f84ea930d8](https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/7c312f84ea930d8),
> April
> 2017.
>
> - Affected versions: libcurl 7.54.1
> - Not affected versions: libcurl < 7.54.1 and >= 7.55.0
>
> libcurl is used by many applications, but not always advertised as such.
>
> THE SOLUTION
> ------------
>
> The function now sends the correct buffer to the application.
>
> A [patch for
> CVE-2017-1000099](https://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2017-1000099.patch) is
> available.
>
> RECOMMENDATIONS
> ---------------
>
> We suggest you take one of the following actions immediately, in order of
> preference:
>
> A - Upgrade curl and libcurl to version 7.55.0
>
> B - Apply the patch to your version and rebuild
>
> C - Do not use `CURLOPT_NOBODY` *and* `CURLOPT_HEADER` with file:// URLs
>
> TIME LINE
> ---------
>
> It was reported to the curl project on July 15, 2017. We contacted
> distros@...nwall on August 1.
>
> libcurl 7.55.0 was released on August 9 2017, coordinated with the
> publication
> of this advisory.
>
> CREDITS
> -------
>
> Reported by Even Rouault. Discovery: credit to OSS-Fuzz. Patch by Even
> Rouault.
>
> Thanks a lot!
>
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