CVE-2016-7141
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…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (8.40%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 8.40% probability · 95th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Affected
- opensuse/leap · haxx/libcurl
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00094.htmlThird Party Advisory
- 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/92754Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036739Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1373229Issue Tracking
- https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20160907.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/curl-7_50_2~32Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00005.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00094.htmlThird Party Advisory
- 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/92754Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036739Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1373229Issue Tracking
- https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20160907.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/curl-7_50_2~32Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00005.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.