Risk | Low |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2017-1000257 |
CWE-ID | CWE-126 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software |
Amazon Linux AMI Operating systems & Components / Operating system |
Vendor | Amazon Web Services |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU8917
Risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1000257
CWE-ID:
CWE-126 - Buffer over-read
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information or cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to buffer overread in the IMAP handle. A remote attacker can return a specially crafted IMAP FETCH response, obtain potentially sensitive information from memory on the target
system or cause the target application using libcurl to crash.
Update the affected packages.
i686:Vulnerable software versions
curl-debuginfo-7.53.1-12.79.amzn1.i686
curl-7.53.1-12.79.amzn1.i686
libcurl-devel-7.53.1-12.79.amzn1.i686
libcurl-7.53.1-12.79.amzn1.i686
src:
curl-7.53.1-12.79.amzn1.src
x86_64:
curl-debuginfo-7.53.1-12.79.amzn1.x86_64
libcurl-devel-7.53.1-12.79.amzn1.x86_64
libcurl-7.53.1-12.79.amzn1.x86_64
curl-7.53.1-12.79.amzn1.x86_64
Amazon Linux AMI: All versions
CPE2.3 External linkshttps://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2017-922.html
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.