| Name | CVE-2016-8617 |
| 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`. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-711-1, DSA-3705-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| curl (PTS) | buster | 7.64.0-4+deb10u2 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 7.64.0-4+deb10u6 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 7.74.0-1.3+deb11u7 | fixed | |
| bookworm, sid | 7.88.1-10 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| curl | source | wheezy | 7.26.0-1+wheezy17 | DLA-711-1 | ||
| curl | source | jessie | 7.38.0-4+deb8u5 | DSA-3705-1 | ||
| curl | source | (unstable) | 7.51.0-1 |
https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/efd24d57426bd77c9b5860e6b297904703750412
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102C.html
https://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-8617.patch