FKIE_CVE-2015-3236

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2015-06-22 19:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:25
Severity
Summary
cURL and libcurl 7.40.0 through 7.42.1 send the HTTP Basic authentication credentials for a previous connection when reusing a reset (curl_easy_reset) connection handle to send a request to the same host name, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20150617A.htmlVendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/160660.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2015-2367953.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75385
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91787Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttps://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10131
secalert@redhat.comhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201509-02
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20150617A.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/160660.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2015-2367953.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75385
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91787Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10131
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201509-02
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
haxx curl 7.40.0
haxx curl 7.41.0
haxx curl 7.42.0
haxx curl 7.42.1
haxx libcurl 7.40.0
haxx libcurl 7.41.0
haxx libcurl 7.42.0
haxx libcurl 7.42.1
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