SB2018042318 - Improper Initialization in curl.haxx.se cURL
Published: April 23, 2018 Updated: July 17, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018042318
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Improper Initialization (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9594)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
curl before version 7.52.1 is vulnerable to an uninitialized random in libcurl's internal function that returns a good 32bit random value. Having a weak or virtually non-existent random value makes the operations that use it vulnerable.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.