Description
curl and libcurl before 7.50.2, when built with NSS and the libnsspem.so library is available at runtime, allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of a TLS connection by leveraging reuse of a previously loaded client certificate from file for a connection for which no certificate has been set, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-5420.
Published: 2016-10-03
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-616-1 curl security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1568-1 curl security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-8013 curl and libcurl before 7.50.2, when built with NSS and the libnsspem.so library is available at runtime, allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of a TLS connection by leveraging reuse of a previously loaded client certificate from file for a connection for which no certificate has been set, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-5420.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3123-1 curl vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:50:47.499Z

Reserved: 2016-09-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-7141

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Status : Modified

Published: 2016-10-03T21:59:08.300

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-7141

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-09-05T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-7141 - Bugzilla

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