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CVE-2016-5421

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.

Published

2016-08-10T14:59:06.330

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 8.1 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-416

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	opensuse	leap	42.1	Yes
Application	haxx	libcurl	≤ 7.50.0	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	12.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	14.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	16.04	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	8.0	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	23	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	24	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	13.2	Yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00011.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00094.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3638 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92306 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036536 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.563059 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3048-1 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20160803C.html Mitigation, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GLPXQQKURBQFM4XM6645VRPTOE2AWG33/ ([email protected])
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K3GQH4V3XAQ5Z53AMQRDEC3C3UHTW7QR/ ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00011.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00094.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3638 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92306 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036536 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.563059 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3048-1 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20160803C.html Mitigation, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GLPXQQKURBQFM4XM6645VRPTOE2AWG33/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K3GQH4V3XAQ5Z53AMQRDEC3C3UHTW7QR/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)