Description
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`.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
The Curl Project curl
7.51.0affected
References
- https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102C.html ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558 ↗
- https://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-8617.patch ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94097 ↗
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21 ↗
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037192 ↗
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8617 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486 ↗
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47 ↗
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E ↗
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E ↗