CVE-2016-8617

Published: 2 November 2016

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`.

Priority

CVSS 3 base score: 7.0

Status

Package	Release	Status
curl Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Released (7.22.0-3ubuntu4.17)
	trusty	Released (7.35.0-1ubuntu2.10)
	upstream	Released (7.51.0)
	xenial	Released (7.47.0-1ubuntu2.2)
	yakkety	Released (7.50.1-1ubuntu1.1)
	zesty	Released (7.50.1-1ubuntu2)

References

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8617
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102C.html
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3123-1
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