CVE-2018-1000121 Null dereference in n/a

High 7.5 Published Updated

An attacker can cause a denial of service via a NULL pointer dereference in the LDAP code of the curl library.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2018-1000121?

CVE-2018-1000121 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 14 Mar 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A NULL pointer dereference exists in curl 7.21.0 to and including curl 7.58.0 in the LDAP code that allows an attacker to cause a denial of service

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1000121?

It affects 9 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Haxx Curl, Oracle Communications Webrtc Session Controller, Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center, Oracle Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools and 3 more.

How do I fix CVE-2018-1000121?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2018-1000121 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1000121 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2018-1000121, CLEANSTART-2026-PX10290, CURL-CVE-2018-1000121, DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1000121, GHSA-cj5p-4f7c-6w3g, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000121.

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