CVE-2016-8615
curl - security update
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 4.2%
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.
How to fix CVE-2016-8615
To remediate CVE-2016-8615, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/curl—upgrade to 7.51.0-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 7.51.0-1 or later
- —upgrade to 7.26.0-1+wheezy17 or later
- —upgrade to 7.38.0-4+deb8u5 or later
Is CVE-2016-8615 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 4.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (4)
- from 0, < 7.51.0-r0
- from 0, < 7.51.0-1
- from 0, < 7.26.0-1+wheezy17
- from 0, < 7.38.0-4+deb8u5
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |