CVE-2016-0755

Publication date 27 January 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

The ConnectionExists function in lib/url.c in libcurl before 7.47.0 does not properly re-use NTLM-authenticated proxy connections, which might allow remote attackers to authenticate as other users via a request, a similar issue to CVE-2014-0015.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
curl	15.10 wily	Fixed 7.43.0-1ubuntu2.1
	15.04 vivid	Fixed 7.38.0-3ubuntu2.3
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.6
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 7.22.0-3ubuntu4.15

Notes

jdstrand

curl landed in rc-proposed r394 on krillin: http://people.canonical.com/~lzemczak/landing-team/ubuntu-touch/rc-proposed/ubuntu/krillin/394.commitlog

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.3 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	Low
Integrity impact	Low
Availability impact	Low
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-2882-1
curl vulnerability
27 January 2016