A buffer overrun flaw was found in the IMAP handler of libcurl. By tricking an unsuspecting user into connecting to a malicious IMAP server, an attacker could exploit this flaw to potentially cause information disclosure or crash the application.
Find out more about CVE-2017-1000257 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS3 Base Score | 4.8 |
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CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L |
Attack Vector | Network |
Attack Complexity | High |
Privileges Required | None |
User Interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | Low |
Integrity Impact | None |
Availability Impact | Low |
Platform | Errata | Release Date |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (curl) | RHSA-2017:3263 | 2017-11-27 |
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 |
Red Hat JBoss Core Services 1 | RHSA-2018:2486 | 2018-08-16 |
Platform | Package | State |
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Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 | curl | Not affected |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | curl | Not affected |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | curl | Not affected |
RHEV Manager 3 | mingw-virt-viewer | Not affected |
.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 |
Switch off IMAP in `CURLOPT_PROTOCOLS`