SB2018080121 - Security Features in curl.haxx.se cURL
Published: August 1, 2018 Updated: August 3, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018080121
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) Security Features (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-8615)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.
A flaw was found in curl before version 7.51. If cookie state is written into a cookie jar file that is later read back and used for subsequent requests, a malicious HTTP server can inject new cookies for arbitrary domains into said cookie jar.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94096
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037192
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8615
- https://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-8615.patch
- https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102A.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21