Security Bulletin
Summary
cURL vulnerabilities CVE-2019-5481 CVE-2019-5482 impact IBM Aspera Streaming/IBM Aspera Streaming for Video version 3.9.6.1 and earlier. The fix for this set of vulnerabilities was delivered in IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server V4.0.0 and IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Endpoint V4.0.0 with streaming license.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2019-5481
DESCRIPTION: cURL libcurl is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a double free flaw during kerberos FTP data transfer. By sending a specially-crafted size of data, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/166941 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2019-5482
DESCRIPTION: cURL libcurl is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the tftp_receive_packet function. By sending specially-crafted request containing an OACK without the BLKSIZE option, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 6.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/166942 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Aspera Streaming / IBM Aspera Streaming for Video | 3.9.6.1 and earlier |
Remediation/Fixes
The fix for this set of vulnerabilities was delivered in IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server V4.0.0 and IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Endpoint V4.0.0 with streaming license.
| Product | VRMF | APAR | Remediation/First Fix |
| IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server | 4.0.0 | None | https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm%7EOther%20software&product=ibm/Other+software/IBM+Aspera+High-Speed+Transfer+Server&release=4.0.0&platform=All&function=all |
| IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Endpoint | 4.0.0 | None | https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm%7EOther%20software&product=ibm/Other+software/IBM+Aspera+High-Speed+Transfer+Endpoint&release=4.0.0&platform=All&function=all |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
02 Dec 2020: Initial Publication
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Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
10 December 2020
Initial Publish date:
02 December 2020
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ibm16380910