CVE-2017-1000257

Public on 2017-10-31
Modified on 2019-02-18
Description
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.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
4.8
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 curl 2017-11-15 ALAS-2017-922 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2 - Core curl 2019-02-16 ALAS2-2019-1162 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 4.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
NVD CVSSv2 6.4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
NVD CVSSv3 9.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H