CVE-2015-3236

Description

cURL and libcurl 7.40.0 through 7.42.1 send the HTTP Basic authentication credentials for a previous connection when reusing a reset (curl_easy_reset) connection handle to send a request to the same host name, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

How to fix CVE-2015-3236

To remediate CVE-2015-3236, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• Debian/curl—upgrade to 7.43.0-1 or later

Is CVE-2015-3236 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 4.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (1)

• from 0, < 7.43.0-1

References (1)

• ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3236