CVE-2016-8617 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94097 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037192 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8617 https://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-8617.patch https://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-8617.patch https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102C.html https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102C.html https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47 https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21 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. cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl::::::::

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.0