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CVE-2016-8617
July 31, 2018
The base64 encode function in curl before version 7.51.0 is prone to a buffer being under allocated in 32bit systems if it receives at least 1Gb as input via "CURLOPT_USERNAME".
Related Resources (15)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-8617
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-8617
https://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-8617.patch
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102C.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037192
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94097
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8617
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8617
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
4.8
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
LOW
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
CVSS v2
Base Score:
4.4
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Weakness Type (CWE)
Out-of-bounds Write
CWE-787
EPSS
Base Score:
0.06