VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2015-3236
cURL and libcurl 7.40.0 through 7.42.1 send the HTTP Basic authentication credentials for a previous connection when reusing a reset (curl_easy_reset) connection handle to send a request to the same host name, which allows remote attackers to obtain…
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 7.30%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (7.30%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
cURL and libcurl 7.40.0 through 7.42.1 send the HTTP Basic authentication credentials for a previous connection when reusing a reset (curl_easy_reset) connection handle to send a request to the same host name, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 7.30% probability · 94th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- haxx/curl · haxx/libcurl
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20150617A.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/160660.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2015-2367953.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75385
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91787Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10131
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201509-02
- http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20150617A.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/160660.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2015-2367953.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75385
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91787Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10131
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201509-02
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.