#VU33010 Security Features in cURL - CVE-2016-8615
Published: August 1, 2018 / Updated: August 3, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33010
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-8615
CWE-ID: CWE-254
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
cURL
cURL
Software vendor:
curl.haxx.se
curl.haxx.se
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.
A flaw was found in curl before version 7.51. If cookie state is written into a cookie jar file that is later read back and used for subsequent requests, a malicious HTTP server can inject new cookies for arbitrary domains into said cookie jar.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
External links
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94096
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037192
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8615
- https://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-8615.patch
- https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102A.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21