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Improper Input Validation The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package curl  (opens in a new tab)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1510-CURL-621374
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed20 May 2016
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Introduced: 20 May 2016

CVE-2016-3739  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:15.10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream curl package and not the curl package as distributed by Ubuntu.

The (1) mbed_connect_step1 function in lib/vtls/mbedtls.c and (2) polarssl_connect_step1 function in lib/vtls/polarssl.c in cURL and libcurl before 7.49.0, when using SSLv3 or making a TLS connection to a URL that uses a numerical IP address, allow remote attackers to spoof servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.