Vulnerability CVE-2016-9586: Information
Description
curl before version 7.52.0 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow when doing a large floating point output in libcurl's implementation of the printf() functions. If there are any application that accepts a format string from the outside without necessary input filtering, it could allow remote attacks.
Severity: HIGH (8.1) Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Fixed packages
Package name | Branch | Fixed in version | Version from repository | Errata ID | Task # | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| curl | sisyphus | 7.52.0-alt1.S1 | 8.7.1-alt2 | ALT-PU-2016-2472-1 | 175291 | Fixed |
| curl | p10 | 7.52.0-alt1.S1 | 8.7.1-alt1 | ALT-PU-2016-2472-1 | 175291 | Fixed |
| curl | p9 | 7.52.0-alt1.S1 | 7.79.0-alt2 | ALT-PU-2016-2472-1 | 175291 | Fixed |
| curl | p8 | 7.52.1-alt1.M80P.1 | 7.65.0-alt1 | ALT-PU-2016-2480-1 | 175378 | Fixed |
| curl | c10f1 | 7.52.0-alt1.S1 | 8.6.0-alt1 | ALT-PU-2016-2472-1 | 175291 | Fixed |
| curl | c9f2 | 7.52.0-alt1.S1 | 8.6.0-alt1 | ALT-PU-2016-2472-1 | 175291 | Fixed |
| curl | c7 | 7.56.1-alt1.M70C.1.1 | 7.56.1-alt1.M70C.1.1 | ALT-PU-2018-1442-1 | 202075 | Fixed |
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Hyperlink | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/curl-7_51_0-162-g3ab3c16 |
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| https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161221A.html |
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| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9586 |
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| GLSA-201701-47 |
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| 1037515 |
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| 95019 |
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| http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html | |
| [debian-lts-announce] 20181106 [SECURITY] [DLA 1568-1] curl security update | |
| RHSA-2018:3558 | |
| [bookkeeper-issues] 20210628 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8 | |
| [bookkeeper-issues] 20210629 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8 |