CVE-2016-7141
Description
curl and libcurl before 7.50.2, when built with NSS and the libnsspem.so library is available at runtime, allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of a TLS connection by leveraging reuse of a previously loaded client certificate from file for a connection for which no certificate has been set, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-5420.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 7.51.0-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 7.51.0-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 7.51.0-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 7.51.0-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 7.51.0-1 |
| suse | 42.1 | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| haxx | libcurl | {"endIncluding":"7.50.1"} | |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00094.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2575.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92754
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036739
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1373229
- https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20160907.html
- https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/curl-7_50_2~32
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00005.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7141
CWEs
CWE-287
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.