CVE-2016-8625 Information

Description

curl before version 7.51.0 uses outdated IDNA 2003 standard to handle International Domain Names and this may lead users to potentially and unknowingly issue network transfer requests to the wrong host.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94107 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-2016-8625 https://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-8625.patch https://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-8625.patch https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102K.html https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102K.html https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47 https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21 curl before version 7.51.0 uses outdated IDNA 2003 standard to handle International Domain Names and this may lead users to potentially and unknowingly issue network transfer requests to the wrong host. cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl::::::::

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

7.5