CVE-2016-5421high
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Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in libcurl before 7.50.1 allows attackers to control which connection is used or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.
References
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00011.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00094.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3638
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92306
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036536
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.563059
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3048-1
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20160803C.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html
Details
Source: MITRE
Published: 2016-08-10
Updated: 2020-05-08
Type: CWE-416
Risk Information
CVSS v2
Base Score: 6.8
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Impact Score: 6.4
Exploitability Score: 8.6
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS v3
Base Score: 8.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Impact Score: 5.9
Exploitability Score: 2.2
Severity: HIGH
Vulnerable Software
Configuration 1
OR
Configuration 2
OR
cpe:2.3:a:haxx:libcurl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to 7.50.0 (inclusive)
Configuration 3
OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Tenable Plugins
| ID | Name | Product | Family | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99930 | Oracle Secure Global Desktop Multiple Vulnerabilities (April 2017 CPU) (SWEET32) | Nessus | Misc. | critical |
| 97893 | Tenable Log Correlation Engine (LCE) < 4.8.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities | Nessus | Misc. | critical |
| 96644 | GLSA-201701-47 : cURL: Multiple vulnerabilities | Nessus | Gentoo Local Security Checks | critical |
| 95917 | macOS 10.12.x < 10.12.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities | Nessus | MacOS X Local Security Checks | high |
| 9764 | cURL/libcurl 7.x < 7.50.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities | Nessus Network Monitor | Web Clients | high |
| 93708 | openSUSE Security Update : curl (openSUSE-2016-1124) | Nessus | SuSE Local Security Checks | high |
| 93591 | SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : curl (SUSE-SU-2016:2330-1) | Nessus | SuSE Local Security Checks | high |
| 93334 | openSUSE Security Update : curl (openSUSE-2016-1043) | Nessus | SuSE Local Security Checks | high |
| 93008 | Amazon Linux AMI : curl (ALAS-2016-730) | Nessus | Amazon Linux Local Security Checks | high |
| 92990 | Fedora 23 : curl (2016-8354baae0f) | Nessus | Fedora Local Security Checks | high |
| 92815 | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : curl vulnerabilities (USN-3048-1) | Nessus | Ubuntu Local Security Checks | high |
| 92767 | Fedora 24 : curl (2016-24316f1f56) | Nessus | Fedora Local Security Checks | high |
| 92758 | Slackware 13.0 / 13.1 / 13.37 / 14.0 / 14.1 / 14.2 / current : curl (SSA:2016-219-01) | Nessus | Slackware Local Security Checks | high |
| 92742 | FreeBSD : Vulnerabilities in Curl (e4bc70fc-5a2f-11e6-a1bc-589cfc0654e1) | Nessus | FreeBSD Local Security Checks | high |
| 92730 | Debian DSA-3638-1 : curl - security update | Nessus | Debian Local Security Checks | high |