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CVE-2013-0249 (GCVE-0-2013-0249)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-03-08 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 14:18
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Summary
Stack-based buffer overflow in the Curl_sasl_create_digest_md5_message function in lib/curl_sasl.c in curl and libcurl 7.26.0 through 7.28.1, when negotiating SASL DIGEST-MD5 authentication, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string in the realm parameter in a (1) POP3, (2) SMTP or (3) IMAP message.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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References
Date Public
2013-02-06 00:00
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