CVE-2016-5420

HIGH

Debian Linux < 7.50.0 - Improper Authorization

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (18)

Core 18
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2575.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92309
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036739
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3638
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00011.html
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00094.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036537
Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20160803B.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3048-1

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0109
EPSS Percentile 78.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-285
Status published
Products (3)
debian/debian_linux 8.0
haxx/libcurl < 7.50.0
opensuse/leap 42.1
Published Aug 10, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026