CVE-2016-7141

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.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.36% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory haxx.se
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2575.html vendor advisory
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20160907.html patch vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558 vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1373229 issue tracking
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036739 third party advisory vdb entry
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00005.html mailing list
https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/curl-7_50_2~32 patch issue tracking
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00094.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92754 third party advisory vdb entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-7141?
CVE-2016-7141 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-7141?
To fix CVE-2016-7141, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2016-7141 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2016-7141 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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