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Alpine Linux: CVE-2016-8625: Improper Input Validation

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2016-8625: Improper Input Validation

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
08/01/2018
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
08/23/2024

Description

curl before version 7.51.0 uses outdated IDNA 2003 standard to handle International Domain Names and this may lead users to potentially and unknowingly issue network transfer requests to the wrong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

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-curl

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