Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libcurl-devel package, versions <0:7.61.1-9.amzn2.0.1
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- published 27 Sep 2021
- disclosed 29 Nov 2017
Introduced: 29 Nov 2017
CVE-2017-8817 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 libcurl-devel to version 0:7.61.1-9.amzn2.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2019-1162.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libcurl-devel package and not the libcurl-devel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux.
See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 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.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102057
- https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_2017-ae72.html
- http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=162
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8817
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4051
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201712-04
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00040.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039897