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CVE-2016-8623

high

Description

A flaw was found in curl before version 7.51.0. The way curl handles cookies permits other threads to trigger a use-after-free leading to information disclosure.

References

https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8623

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037192

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94106

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E

https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102I.html

https://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-8623.patch

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-08-01

Updated: 2023-11-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00743