By permanently omitting the final control-response line, a malicious FTP, IMAP, POP3, or SMTP server can exploit libcurl and completely bypass its configured transfer timeout mechanism, indefinitely blocking all concurrent transfers bound to the same multi-handle.
Weakness
The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Hardened Images | RedHat | curl-main-8.23.0-0.1.hum1 | * |
| Curl | Ubuntu | devel | * |
| Curl | Ubuntu | resolute | * |
| Curl | Ubuntu | stonking | * |
| Curl | Ubuntu | upstream | * |