Improper Authentication Affecting curl package, versions <7.47.0-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.21% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-CURL-358470
  • published29 Jan 2016
  • disclosed29 Jan 2016

Introduced: 29 Jan 2016

CVE-2016-0755  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 curl to version 7.47.0-1 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:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

The ConnectionExists function in lib/url.c in libcurl before 7.47.0 does not properly re-use NTLM-authenticated proxy connections, which might allow remote attackers to authenticate as other users via a request, a similar issue to CVE-2014-0015.

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