vulnerability
Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-8817): curl vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Nov 29, 2017 | Nov 29, 2017 | Aug 18, 2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Nov 29, 2017
Added
Nov 29, 2017
Modified
Aug 18, 2025
Description
Alex Nichols discovered that curl incorrectly handled NTLM authentication
credentials. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause curl to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This
issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 17.04 and Ubuntu 17.10.
(CVE-2017-8816)
It was discovered that curl incorrectly handled FTP wildcard matching. A
remote attacker could use this issue to cause curl to crash, resulting in a
denial of service, or possibly obtain sensitive information.
(CVE-2017-8817)
Solutions
ubuntu-upgrade-curlubuntu-upgrade-libcurl3ubuntu-upgrade-libcurl3-gnutlsubuntu-upgrade-libcurl3-nss
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