#VU31318 Improper Initialization in cURL - CVE-2016-9594

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#VU31318 Improper Initialization in cURL - CVE-2016-9594

Published: April 23, 2018 / Updated: July 17, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU31318
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9594
CWE-ID: CWE-665
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
cURL
Software vendor:
curl.haxx.se

Description

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.

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