Bug 1552631 (CVE-2018-1000121) - CVE-2018-1000121 curl: LDAP NULL pointer dereference
Summary: CVE-2018-1000121 curl: LDAP NULL pointer dereference
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2018-1000121
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1555207 1555208 1555209 1555210 1555221 1565031 1802780 1802790
Blocks: 1552634
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2018-03-07 13:11 UTC by Andrej Nemec
Modified: 2021-02-17 00:41 UTC (History)
23 users (show)

Fixed In Version: curl 7.59.0
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Doc Text:
A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way libcurl checks values returned by the openldap ldap_get_attribute_ber() function. A malicious LDAP server could use this flaw to crash a libcurl client application via a specially crafted LDAP reply.
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Environment:
Last Closed: 2019-06-10 10:16:53 UTC
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upstream patch (1.55 KB, patch)
2018-03-07 13:18 UTC, Andrej Nemec 		no flags Details | Diff
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2018:3157 0 None None None 2018-10-30 07:43:35 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2018:3558 0 None None None 2018-11-13 08:35:26 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2020:0544 0 None None None 2020-02-18 14:44:03 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2020:0594 0 None None None 2020-02-25 12:11:31 UTC

Description Andrej Nemec 2018-03-07 13:11:01 UTC 
It was found that curl might dereference a near-NULL address when getting an LDAP URL.

The function `ldap_get_attribute_ber()` is called to get attributes, but it
turns out that it can return `LDAP_SUCCESS` and still return a `NULL` pointer
in the result pointer when getting a particularly crafted response.

libcurl-using applications that allow LDAP URLs, or that allow redirects to
LDAP URLs could be made to crash by a malicious server.
Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2018-03-07 13:11:03 UTC 
Acknowledgments:

Name: the Curl project
Upstream: Dario Weisser
Comment 2 Andrej Nemec 2018-03-07 13:18:39 UTC 
Created attachment 1405334 [details]
upstream patch
Comment 3 Adam Mariš 2018-03-14 07:29:45 UTC 
External References:

https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_2018-97a2.html
Comment 4 Adam Mariš 2018-03-14 07:33:13 UTC 
Created mingw-curl tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1555207]


Created curl tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1555209]


Created mingw-curl tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-7 [bug 1555208]
Comment 7 Cedric Buissart 2018-03-14 10:31:20 UTC 
Upstream fix:
 openldap: check ldap_get_attribute_ber() results for NULL before using
https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/9889db0433
Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2018-10-30 07:43:23 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2018:3157 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3157
Comment 12 errata-xmlrpc 2018-11-13 08:35:18 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 EUS
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 EUS
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 EUS

Via RHSA-2018:3558 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
Comment 15 errata-xmlrpc 2020-02-18 14:44:01 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2020:0544 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0544
Comment 16 errata-xmlrpc 2020-02-25 12:11:29 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Advanced Update Support
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Telco Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2020:0594 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0594
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