USN-3710-1

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    USN-3710-1

    Published: 11 Jul 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: curl vulnerability

    Details: Peter Wu discovered that curl incorrectly handled certain SMTP buffers. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause curl to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3710-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-0500

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: curl

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=bionic

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -7.58.0-2ubuntu3.2

    Affected versions

    7.55.1-1ubuntu2
    7.55.1-1ubuntu2.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High