A flaw was found in curl before version 7.51. If cookie state is written into a cookie jar file that is later read back and used for subsequent requests, a malicious HTTP server can inject new cookies for arbitrary domains into said cookie jar.
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102A.html
https://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-8615.patch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8615
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037192
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94096
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/[email protected]%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/[email protected]%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
Source: MITRE
Published: 2018-08-01
Updated: 2021-06-29
Type: CWE-99
Base Score: 5
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Impact Score: 2.9
Exploitability Score: 10
Severity: MEDIUM
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Impact Score: 3.6
Exploitability Score: 3.9
Severity: HIGH