Out-of-bounds Read Affecting curl package, versions *
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.37% (73rd
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-CURL-1969881
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 2 Nov 2016
Introduced: 2 Nov 2016
CVE-2016-8621 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for Centos:7
curl
.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream curl
package and not the curl
package as distributed by Centos
.
See How to fix?
for Centos:7
relevant fixed versions and status.
The curl_getdate
function in curl before version 7.51.0 is vulnerable to an out of bounds read if it receives an input with one digit short.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94101
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8621
- https://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-8621.patch
- https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102G.html
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-8621
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037192