CVE-2016-5420
CVSS V2 Medium 5
CVSS V3 High 7.5
Description
curl and libcurl before 7.50.1 do not check the client certificate when choosing the TLS connection to reuse, which might allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of the connection by leveraging a previously created connection with a different client certificate.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2016-5420
- Assigner
- secalert@redhat.com
- Vulnerability Status
- Modified
- Published Version
- 2016-08-10T14:59:05
- Last Modified Date
- 2018-11-13T11:29:01
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:haxx:libcurl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 7.50.0 | |
| cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 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:N/I:H/A:N
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Attack Compatibility
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- NONE
- Availability Impact
- NONE
- Base Score
- 7.5
- Base Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitability Score
- 3.9
- Impact Score
- 3.6
References
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5420 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5420 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 17:53:16 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-02 10:53:21 | 2016-08-10T14:59Z | 2016-08-10T14:59:05 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-02 10:53:21 | 2018-11-13T11:29:01 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-02 10:53:21 | Modified | Vulnerability Status | updated |