Use After Free Affecting curl package, versions <7.51.0-1
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0.47% (76th
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN12-CURL-1544179
- published 27 Jun 2018
- disclosed 1 Aug 2018
Introduced: 27 Jun 2018
CVE-2016-8623 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:12 curl to version 7.51.0-1 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 Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.
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://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8623
- https://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-8623.patch
- https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102I.html
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8623
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8623
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94106
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037192
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-8623
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
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