SB2017112708 - Red Hat update for curl
Published: November 27, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017112708
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Buffer over-read (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1000257)
The 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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.