CVE-2015-3236
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5 · Information disclosure
5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
cURL and libcurl 7.40.0 through 7.42.1 send the HTTP Basic authentication credentials for a previous connection when reusing a reset (curl_easy_reset) connection handle to send a request to the same host name, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)8%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.htmlPatch
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2015-2367953.htmlPatch
- http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20150617A.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/160660.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75385
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91787Advisory