Cryptographic issues in cURL - CVE-2016-5419

 

Cryptographic issues in cURL - CVE-2016-5419

Published: August 10, 2016 / Updated: July 28, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU32263
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-5419
CWE-ID: CWE-310
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: curl.haxx.se
Affected software:
cURL

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

curl and libcurl before 7.50.1 do not prevent TLS session resumption when the client certificate has changed, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended restrictions by resuming a session.


How to mitigate CVE-2016-5419

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources