SB2016020804 - Improper Authentication in curl (Alpine package)
Published: February 8, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016020804
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Improper Authentication (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-0755)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.