Improper Authorization Affecting curl package, versions <7.50.1-r0
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.5% (77th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE316-CURL-2842384
- published 10 Aug 2016
- disclosed 10 Aug 2016
Introduced: 10 Aug 2016
CVE-2016-5420 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Alpine:3.16
curl
to version 7.50.1-r0 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream curl
package and not the curl
package as distributed by Alpine
.
See How to fix?
for Alpine:3.16
relevant fixed versions and status.
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
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5420
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3638
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5420
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GLPXQQKURBQFM4XM6645VRPTOE2AWG33/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K3GQH4V3XAQ5Z53AMQRDEC3C3UHTW7QR/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47
- https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20160803B.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00011.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00094.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2575.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92309
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036537
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036739
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.563059
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-5420
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3048-1
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GLPXQQKURBQFM4XM6645VRPTOE2AWG33/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K3GQH4V3XAQ5Z53AMQRDEC3C3UHTW7QR/