CVE-2017-8816

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    CVE-2017-8816

    Published: 29 Nov 2017Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040608, http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=161, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101998, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039896, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558, https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_2017-12e7.html, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201712-04, https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4051

    Affected packages

    Package

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    curl-7_56_1

    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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