CVE-2016-0755

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.3
Description
The ConnectionExists function in lib/url.c in libcurl before 7.47.0 does not properly re-use NTLM-authenticated proxy connections, which might allow remote attackers to authenticate as other users via a request, a similar issue to CVE-2014-0015.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-0755
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-01-29T20:59:05
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-10-17T01:29:38
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-287 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/287.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 7.46.0
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • LOW
  • Availability Impact
  • LOW
  • Base Score
  • 7.3
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2882-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3455
http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20160127A.html Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT207170
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00006.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82307
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00031.html
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.519965
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00047.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135695/Slackware-Security-Advisory-curl-Updates.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00044.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177342.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177383.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176546.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176413.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034882
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0755
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-0755
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:14:29 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 08:12:05 2016-01-29T20:59Z 2016-01-29T20:59:05 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 08:12:05 2018-10-17T01:29:38 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 08:12:05 Modified Vulnerability Status updated