Description
curl and libcurl before 7.50.1 do not check the client certificate when choosing the TLS connection to reuse, which might allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of the connection by leveraging a previously created connection with a different client certificate.
Published: 2016-08-10
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 1.1% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-586-1 curl security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1568-1 curl security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3638-1 curl security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-6365 curl and libcurl before 7.50.1 do not check the client certificate when choosing the TLS connection to reuse, which might allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of the connection by leveraging a previously created connection with a different client certificate.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3048-1 curl vulnerabilities
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Debian Debian Linux
Haxx Libcurl
Opensuse Leap
Redhat Enterprise Linux Jboss Core Services Rhel Software Collections
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:01:00.390Z

Reserved: 2016-06-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-5420

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-08-10T14:59:05.080

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-5420

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-08-03T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-5420 - Bugzilla

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