USN-3710-1

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3710-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3710-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-3710-1
Upstream
Related
Published
2018-07-11T12:14:14.138137Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:34:40Z
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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / curl

Package

Name
curl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/curl@7.58.0-2ubuntu3.2?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
7.58.0-2ubuntu3.2

Affected versions

7.*

7.55.1-1ubuntu2
7.55.1-1ubuntu2.1
7.57.0-1ubuntu1
7.58.0-2ubuntu1
7.58.0-2ubuntu2
7.58.0-2ubuntu3
7.58.0-2ubuntu3.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "7.58.0-2ubuntu3.2",
            "binary_name": "curl"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.58.0-2ubuntu3.2",
            "binary_name": "libcurl3-gnutls"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.58.0-2ubuntu3.2",
            "binary_name": "libcurl3-nss"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.58.0-2ubuntu3.2",
            "binary_name": "libcurl4"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.58.0-2ubuntu3.2",
            "binary_name": "libcurl4-gnutls-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.58.0-2ubuntu3.2",
            "binary_name": "libcurl4-nss-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.58.0-2ubuntu3.2",
            "binary_name": "libcurl4-openssl-dev"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

{
    "cves_map": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
        "cves": [
            {
                "id": "CVE-2018-0500",
                "severity": [
                    {
                        "type": "CVSS_V3",
                        "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                    },
                    {
                        "type": "Ubuntu",
                        "score": "medium"
                    }
                ]
            }
        ]
    }
}