Vulnerability CVE-2016-8621: Information

Description

The `curl_getdate` function in curl before version 7.51.0 is vulnerable to an out of bounds read if it receives an input with one digit short.

Severity: HIGH (7.5) Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8621

Published: Aug. 1, 2018

Modified: Nov. 7, 2023

Error type identifier: CWE-125

Fixed packages

Package name	Branch	Fixed in version	Version from repository	Errata ID	Task #	State
curl	sisyphus	7.51.0-alt1	8.7.1-alt2	ALT-PU-2016-2231-1	171758	Fixed
curl	p10	7.51.0-alt1	8.7.1-alt2	ALT-PU-2016-2231-1	171758	Fixed
curl	p9	7.51.0-alt1	7.79.0-alt2	ALT-PU-2016-2231-1	171758	Fixed
curl	p8	7.52.1-alt1.M80P.1	7.65.0-alt1	ALT-PU-2016-2480-1	175378	Fixed
curl	c10f1	7.51.0-alt1	8.6.0-alt1	ALT-PU-2016-2231-1	171758	Fixed
curl	c9f2	7.51.0-alt1	8.6.0-alt1	ALT-PU-2016-2231-1	171758	Fixed
curl	c7	7.56.1-alt1.M70C.1.1	7.56.1-alt1.M70C.1.1	ALT-PU-2018-1442-1	202075	Fixed

Hyperlink	Resource
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102G.html	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-8621.patch	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8621	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21	Third Party Advisory
GLSA-201701-47	Third Party Advisory
1037192	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
94101	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
RHSA-2018:2486	Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
RHSA-2018:3558

Affected configurations:
1. Configuration 1
  cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  End excliding
  7.51.0

Version: v24.5.1