UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8816

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8816

    Published: 29 Nov 2017Last Modified: 27 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-8816
    Aliases:
    USN-3498-1

    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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8816, https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_2017-12e7.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3498-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8816

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: curl

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -7.47.0-1ubuntu2.5

    Affected versions

    7.43.0-1ubuntu2

    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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