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Vulnerability Details : CVE-2017-8817

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.
Publish Date : 2017-11-29 Last Update Date : 2018-11-13
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- CVSS Scores & Vulnerability Types

CVSS Score
7.5
Confidentiality Impact Partial (There is considerable informational disclosure.)
Integrity Impact Partial (Modification of some system files or information is possible, but the attacker does not have control over what can be modified, or the scope of what the attacker can affect is limited.)
Availability Impact Partial (There is reduced performance or interruptions in resource availability.)
Access Complexity Low (Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. Very little knowledge or skill is required to exploit. )
Authentication Not required (Authentication is not required to exploit the vulnerability.)
Gained Access None
Vulnerability Type(s) Denial Of Service
CWE ID 125

- Products Affected By CVE-2017-8817

# Product Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language
1 OS Debian Debian Linux 8.0 * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
2 OS Debian Debian Linux 9.0 * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
3 Application Haxx Curl * * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
4 Application Haxx Libcurl * * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities

- Number Of Affected Versions By Product

Vendor Product Vulnerable Versions
Debian Debian Linux 2
Haxx Curl 1
Haxx Libcurl 1

- References For CVE-2017-8817

http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=162 CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102057
BID 102057 cURL/libcURL CVE-2017-8817 Memory Corruption Vulnerability Release Date:2018-01-25
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
REDHAT RHSA-2018:3558
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_2017-ae72.html CONFIRM
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4051
DEBIAN DSA-4051
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039897
SECTRACK 1039897
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201712-04
GENTOO GLSA-201712-04
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00040.html
MLIST [debian-lts-announce] 20171130 [SECURITY] [DLA 1195-1] curl security update

- Metasploit Modules Related To CVE-2017-8817

There are not any metasploit modules related to this CVE entry (Please visit www.metasploit.com for more information)


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