Vulnerability in Oracle Haxx (CVE-2019-5436)
Summary
Vulnerability in Oracle Haxx (CVE-2019-5436). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
A heap buffer overflow in the TFTP receiving code allows for DoS or arbitrary code execution in libcurl versions 7.19.4 through 7.64.1.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD GitHub Advisory OSV
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2019-5436 has been found in Oracle Haxx.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 7.8/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Oracle Haxx CVE-2019-5436" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2019-5436 (Oracle Haxx) — CWE-122 / CVSS v3 7.8
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-122) exists in Oracle Haxx.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Oracle Haxx.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.8/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'Haxx' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'Haxx' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
Haxxを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Alpine Linux ALPINE-CVE-2019-5436 curl Fixed in: 7.65.0-r0
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2019-5436 curl Fixed in: 7.64.0-4
References
- advisory security.netapp.com
- web lists.fedoraproject.org
- web support.f5.com
- web oracle.com
- web lists.opensuse.org
- web lists.opensuse.org
- web seclists.org
- web security.gentoo.org
- web support.f5.com
- web debian.org
- web oracle.com
- web openwall.com
- web curl.haxx.se
- web oracle.com
- web cert-portal.siemens.com
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web support.f5.com
- web lists.fedoraproject.org
- web lists.fedoraproject.org
- web security.netapp.com
- web github.com