CVE-2016-8615

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.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94096	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037192	VDB Entry Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8615	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-8615.patch	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102A.html	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47	Third Party Advisory
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2018-08-01 06:29

Updated : 2023-11-07 02:36

NVD link : CVE-2016-8615

Mitre link : CVE-2016-8615

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-8615

JSON object : View

Products Affected

haxx

curl

CWE

CWE-99

Improper Control of Resource Identifiers ('Resource Injection')

CWE-254

7PK - Security Features

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