CVE-2016-5420
Published: 03 August 2016
curl and libcurl before 7.50.1 do not check the client certificate when choosing the TLS connection to reuse, which might allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of the connection by leveraging a previously created connection with a different client certificate.
Priority
Medium
CVSS 3 base score: 7.5
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
curl Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Released
(7.50.1-1)
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) |
Released
(7.47.0-1ubuntu2.1)
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Released
(7.35.0-1ubuntu2.8)
|
|
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Patches: Upstream: https://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-5420.patch |
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Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| seth-arnold | when built against NSS another patch is needed, see http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/05/1 for information http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/05/7 |