| Name | CVE-2018-16839 |
| Description | Curl versions 7.33.0 through 7.61.1 are vulnerable to a buffer overrun in the SASL authentication code that may lead to denial of service. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1568-1, DSA-4331-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| curl (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 7.38.0-4+deb8u27 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 7.52.1-5+deb9u16 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 7.52.1-5+deb9u21 | fixed |
| buster | 7.64.0-4+deb10u2 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 7.64.0-4+deb10u9 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 7.74.0-1.3+deb11u11 | fixed |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 7.88.1-10+deb12u5 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 8.7.1-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| curl | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| curl | source | jessie | 7.38.0-4+deb8u13 | | DLA-1568-1 | |
| curl | source | stretch | 7.52.1-5+deb9u8 | | DSA-4331-1 | |
| curl | source | (unstable) | 7.62.0-1 | | | |
Notes
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2018-16839.html
Fixed by: https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/f3a24d7916b9173c69a3e0ee790102993833d6c5
[wheezy] - curl <not-affected> (vulnerable code was introduced later)