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CVE-2017-8817
Published: Nov 29, 2017
Modified: Apr 15, 2026
PUBLISHED
Description
The FTP wildcard function in curl and libcurl before 7.57.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a string that ends with an '[' character.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | curl and libcurl before 7.57.0 | affected curl and libcurl before 7.57.0 |
References
GLSA-201712-04
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
RHSA-2018:3558
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
102057
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
[debian-lts-announce] 20171130 [SECURITY] [DLA 1195-1] curl security update
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=162
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_2017-ae72.html
x_refsource_CONFIRM
1039897
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
DSA-4051
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
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