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FreeBSD: VID-301A01B7-D50E-11E7-AC58-B499BAEBFEAF (CVE-2017-8816): cURL -- Multiple vulnerabilities

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FreeBSD: VID-301A01B7-D50E-11E7-AC58-B499BAEBFEAF (CVE-2017-8816): cURL -- Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/29/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/29/2017
Modified
05/07/2019

Description

The NTLM authentication feature in curl and libcurl before 7.57.0 on 32-bit platforms allows attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and resultant buffer overflow, and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving long user and password fields.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-curl
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-linux-c7-curl

References

  • DSA-4051
  • CVE-2017-8816
  • USN-3498-1

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