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Out-of-bounds Write Affecting curl package, versions <7.51.0-1

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.06% (27th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN12-CURL-1543983
  • published 27 Jun 2018
  • disclosed 31 Jul 2018
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Introduced: 27 Jun 2018

CVE-2016-8617 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-787 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 curl to version 7.51.0-1 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 Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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