High severity · published Jan 29, 2016
CVE-2016-0755
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…
7.3
CVSS
9.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)9.1% · higher than 95% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CU
Curl · Haxx
through 7.46.0 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
7.0 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
12.04; 14.04; 15.04; 15.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0755
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-0755
Vendor Advisory
http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20160127A.html
lists.apple.com
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00006.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176546.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177342.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177383.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176413.html
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