CVE-2016-8625

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    CVE-2016-8625

    Published: 1 Aug 2018Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: curl before version 7.51.0 uses outdated IDNA 2003 standard to handle International Domain Names and this may lead users to potentially and unknowingly issue network transfer requests to the wrong host.

    References: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94107, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037192, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47, https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8625, https://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-8625.patch, https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102K.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3c561c657c2f0e553b19115a506592a8bbd744bc

    Affected versions

    curl-7_50_3

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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