Out-of-bounds Read Affecting curl package, versions <7.57.0-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.2% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE315-CURL-1926576
  • published29 Nov 2017
  • disclosed29 Nov 2017

Introduced: 29 Nov 2017

CVE-2017-8817  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.15 curl to version 7.57.0-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream curl package and not the curl package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.15 relevant fixed versions and status.

The FTP wildcard function in curl and libcurl before 7.57.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a string that ends with an '[' character.