The ourWriteOut function in tool_writeout.c in curl 7.53.1 might allow physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory in opportunistic circumstances by reading a workstation screen during use of a --write-out argument ending in a '%' character, which leads to a heap-based buffer over-read.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2017-7407 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| Attack Vector | Physical |
| Attack Complexity | High |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | Low |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | None |
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 | curl | Will not fix |
| 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 |
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