curl before version 7.51.0 uses outdated IDNA 2003 standard to handle International Domain Names and this may lead users to potentially and unknowingly issue network transfer requests to the wrong host.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2016-8625 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Base Score | 4.3 |
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Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
Access Vector | Network |
Access Complexity | Medium |
Authentication | None |
Confidentiality Impact | None |
Integrity Impact | Partial |
Availability Impact | None |
CVSS3 Base Score | 5.3 |
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CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
Attack Vector | Network |
Attack Complexity | Low |
Privileges Required | None |
User Interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | None |
Integrity Impact | Low |
Availability Impact | None |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
Platform | Errata | Release Date |
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Red Hat JBoss Core Services 1 | RHSA-2018:2486 | 2018-08-16 |
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (httpd24-curl) | RHSA-2018:3558 | 2018-11-13 |
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (httpd24-curl) | RHSA-2018:3558 | 2018-11-13 |
Platform | Package | State |
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Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.0 | curl | Fix deferred |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | curl | Will not fix |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | curl | Will not fix |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | curl | Will not fix |
RHEV Manager 3 | mingw-virt-viewer | Will not fix |
.NET Core 2.0 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux | rh-dotnet20-curl | Will not fix |
.NET Core 2.0 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux | rh-dotnet21-curl | Will not fix |
.NET Core 1.0 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux | rh-dotnetcore10-curl | Will not fix |
.NET Core 1.0 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux | rh-dotnetcore11-curl | Will not fix |