CVE-2016-7141

Published: Oct 3, 2016Modified: May 6, 2026

7.5

Vector

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

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (2)

Products: Opensuse: Leap · Haxx: Libcurl

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Opensuse Leap	Version 42.1

Configuration B

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Haxx Libcurl	Up to 7.50.1

Related CWEs

Improper Authentication

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

References (24)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00094.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2575.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92754

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036739

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1373229

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking

https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20160907.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

PatchVendor Advisory

https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/curl-7_50_2~32

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue TrackingPatch

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00005.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00094.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2575.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92754

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036739

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1373229

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue Tracking

https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20160907.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

PatchVendor Advisory

https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/curl-7_50_2~32

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue TrackingPatch

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00005.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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