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SUSE: CVE-2016-8617: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2016-8617: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/02/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/03/2016
Modified
02/04/2022

Description

The base64 encode function in curl before version 7.51.0 is prone to a buffer being under allocated in 32bit systems if it receives at least 1Gb as input via `CURLOPT_USERNAME`.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-curl
  • suse-upgrade-curl-openssl1
  • suse-upgrade-libcurl-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libcurl4
  • suse-upgrade-libcurl4-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libcurl4-openssl1
  • suse-upgrade-libcurl4-openssl1-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libcurl4-openssl1-x86
  • suse-upgrade-libcurl4-x86
  • suse-upgrade-sles12-docker-image
  • suse-upgrade-sles12sp1-docker-image

References

  • SUSE-SU-2016:2699-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:2700-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:2714-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:2699-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:2700-1
  • CVE-2016-8617
  • USN-3123-1
  • DLA-711-1
  • DSA-3705
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