CVE-2017-8817
Published: August 31, 2023Last modified: August 31, 2023
Description
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.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 9.8 |
| Attack Vector | NETWORK |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | NONE |
| User interaction | NONE |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | HIGH |
| Integrity impact | HIGH |
| Availability impact | HIGH |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | curl | Not affected (8.2.1-r0) |
| Stream | curl | Not affected (8.2.1-r0) |
References
- http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=162
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102057
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039897
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
- https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_2017-ae72.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00040.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201712-04
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4051