CVE-2016-8623
LOW severity · CVSS 3.3 · Use-after-free
3.3CVSS LOW
Summary
A flaw was found in curl before version 7.51.0. The way curl handles cookies permits other threads to trigger a use-after-free leading to information disclosure.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactLow
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)3%
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/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/cpuoct2018-4428296.html ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.htmlPatch
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8623Patch
- https://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-8623.patchPatch
- https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102I.htmlPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94106Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037192Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558Advisory