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CVE-2016-8617

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`.

Published

2018-07-31T22:29:00.250

Last Modified

2024-11-21T02:59:41.167

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 3.3 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

3.4

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-787
Type: Secondary
CWE-787

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	haxx	curl	< 7.51.0	Yes

References

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94097 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037192 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558 ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8617 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-8617.patch Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102C.html Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E ([email protected])
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94097 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037192 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8617 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-8617.patch Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102C.html Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)