SB2017113058 - Fedora 27 update for curl 

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SB2017113058 - Fedora 27 update for curl

Published: November 30, 2017 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2017113058
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-8816)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to buffer overflow in the NTLM authentication process. A remote unauthenticated attacker can use vectors involving long user and password fields, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.


2) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-8817)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to redirect the target client to an arbitrary site.

The vulnerability exists due to out-of-bounds read in the FTP wildcard function (CURLOPT_WILDCARDMATCH). A remote unauthenticated attacker can use a string that ends with an '[' character, trigger out-of-bounds read and cause the target connected libcurl client to be redirected.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References