cve-2016-5421
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-08-10 14:00
Modified
2024-08-06 01:01
Severity ?
Summary
Use-after-free vulnerability in libcurl before 7.50.1 allows attackers to control which connection is used or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00011.htmlThird Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00094.htmlThird Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3638Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92306Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036536Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.563059Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3048-1Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20160803C.htmlMitigation, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GLPXQQKURBQFM4XM6645VRPTOE2AWG33/
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K3GQH4V3XAQ5Z53AMQRDEC3C3UHTW7QR/
secalert@redhat.comhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.htmlThird Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
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