vulnerability
Gentoo Linux: CVE-2017-8816: cURL: Multiple vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Nov 29, 2017 | Dec 18, 2017 | Mar 31, 2026 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Nov 29, 2017
Added
Dec 18, 2017
Modified
Mar 31, 2026
Description
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.
Solution
gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-misc-curl
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