Use After Free Affecting rh-dotnet21-libcurl-devel package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.94% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-RHDOTNET21LIBCURLDEVEL-3373842
  • published1 Nov 2021
  • disclosed3 Aug 2016

Introduced: 3 Aug 2016

CVE-2016-5421  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 rh-dotnet21-libcurl-devel.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rh-dotnet21-libcurl-devel package and not the rh-dotnet21-libcurl-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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