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CVE-2016-8625 Detail

Current Description

curl before version 7.51.0 uses outdated IDNA 2003 standard to handle International Domain Names and this may lead users to potentially and unknowingly issue network transfer requests to the wrong host.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  08/01/2018
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Impact

CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.5 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N (V3 legend)
Impact Score: 3.6
Exploitability Score: 3.9

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): None

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.0 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): None
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized modification

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Hyperlink Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94107 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037192 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8625 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-8625.patch Patch Vendor Advisory
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102K.html Patch Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47 Third Party Advisory
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21 Third Party Advisory

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

Vulnerable software and versions Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1
OR
cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*    versions up to (excluding) 7.51.0

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-8625
NVD Published Date:
08/01/2018
NVD Last Modified:
10/10/2018