vulnerability
VMware Photon OS: CVE-2017-8816
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Nov 29, 2017 | Jan 20, 2025 | Apr 16, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Nov 29, 2017
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
Apr 16, 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
vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
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