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CVE-2016-8623

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Date: August 1, 2018

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

7.5

Related Resources (5)

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8623

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html

Url: https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102I.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-8623

Severity Score

7.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Use After Free

CWE-416

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version 7.51.0.

CVSS v3

Base Score:	7.5
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	5.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE
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