CVE-2016-8615 Information

Description

A flaw was found in curl before version 7.51. If cookie state is written into a cookie jar file that is later read back and used for subsequent requests a malicious HTTP server can inject new cookies for arbitrary domains into said cookie jar.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Reference

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94096 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037192 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8615 https://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-8615.patch https://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-8615.patch https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102A.html https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102A.html https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47 https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21 A flaw was found in curl before version 7.51. If cookie state is written into a cookie jar file that is later read back and used for subsequent requests a malicious HTTP server can inject new cookies for arbitrary domains into said cookie jar. cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl::::::::

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

7.5