CVE-2016-8615

Public on 2016-11-10
Modified on 2016-11-10
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.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
5.3
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
HAQM Linux 1 curl 2016-11-10 ALAS-2016-766 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
HAQM Linux CVSSv2 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
HAQM Linux CVSSv3 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD CVSSv2 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
NVD CVSSv3 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N