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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201807-04">
  <title>cURL:Heap-based Buffer Overflow </title>
  <synopsis>A heap-based buffer overflow in cURL might allow remote attackers
    to execute arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">curl</product>
  <announced>2018-07-29</announced>
  <revised count="1">2018-07-29</revised>
  <bug>660894</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-misc/curl" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">7.61.0</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">7.61.0</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>A command line tool and library for transferring data with URLs.</p>
    
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>A heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in cURL’s
      Curl_smtp_escape_eob() function.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>An attacker could cause a Denial of Service condition or execute
      arbitrary code via SMTP connections.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All cURL users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-misc/curl-7.61.0"
    </code>
    
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0500">CVE-2018-0500</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2018-07-21T22:56:00Z">irishluck83</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2018-07-29T22:11:16Z">irishluck83</metadata>
</glsa>