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CVE-2016-8620

Publication date 2 November 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

The 'globbing' feature in curl before version 7.51.0 has a flaw that leads to integer overflow and out-of-bounds read via user controlled input.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
curl 17.04 zesty
Fixed 7.50.1-1ubuntu2
16.10 yakkety
Fixed 7.50.1-1ubuntu1.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.2
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.10
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected

Notes

mdeslaur

curl 7.34.0 to and including 7.50.3

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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