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F5 Networks: K17742627 (CVE-2016-8625): cURL and libcurl vulnerability CVE-2016-8625

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F5 Networks: K17742627 (CVE-2016-8625): cURL and libcurl vulnerability CVE-2016-8625

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
11/02/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/15/2017
Modified
03/02/2020

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curl before version 7.51.0 uses outdated IDNA 2003 standard to handle International Domain Names and this may lead users to potentially and unknowingly issue network transfer requests to the wrong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

  • f5-big-ip-upgrade-latest

References

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