| 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, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-711-1, DSA-3705-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| curl (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 7.38.0-4+deb8u28 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 7.52.1-5+deb9u16 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 7.52.1-5+deb9u22 | fixed |
| buster, buster (lts) | 7.64.0-4+deb10u10 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 7.64.0-4+deb10u9 | fixed |
| bullseye | 7.74.0-1.3+deb11u13 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 7.74.0-1.3+deb11u14 | fixed |
| bookworm | 7.88.1-10+deb12u8 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 7.88.1-10+deb12u5 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 8.11.1-1 | 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 | | | |
Notes
https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/efd24d57426bd77c9b5860e6b297904703750412
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102C.html
https://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-8617.patch