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The vulnerability of the cURL library, which allows a hacker to perform authentication as another user

🗓️ 19 Jul 2016 00:00:00Reported by FSTEC of Russia — Information Security Threat DatabaseType 
bdu_fstec
 bdu_fstec🔗 bdu.fstec.ru👁 12 Views

Flaw in curl library authentication allows impersonation of another user via ConnectionExists in lib/url.c.

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ibm
IBM Security Bulletins		Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Libcurl affects IBM Flex System FC3171 8Gb SAN Switch and SAN Pass-thru Firmware and QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension Module for IBM BladeCenter (CVE-2016-0755)
14 Apr 202314:32
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ibm
IBM Security Bulletins		Security Bulletin: IBM Flex System Manager (FSM) is affected by a curl vulnerability (CVE-2016-0755)
18 Jun 201801:32
–ibm
ibm
IBM Security Bulletins		Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Libcurl affects IBM Integrated Management Module II (IMM2) for System x, Flex and BladeCenter systems (CVE-2016-0755)
14 Apr 202314:32
–ibm
ibm
IBM Security Bulletins		Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Libcurl affects IBM Flex System EN6131 40Gb Ethernet / IB6131 40Gb Infiniband Switch firmware (CVE-2016-0755)
31 Jan 201902:25
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freebsd
FreeBSD		curl -- Credentials not checked
27 Jan 201600:00
–freebsd
nessus
Tenable Nessus		Mac OS X 10.x < 10.12 Multiple Vulnerabilities
21 Oct 201600:00
–nessus
nessus
Tenable Nessus		cURL/libcurl 7.x < 7.47.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities
11 Nov 201600:00
–nessus
nessus
Tenable Nessus		Amazon Linux AMI : curl (ALAS-2016-652)
10 Feb 201600:00
–nessus
nessus
Tenable Nessus		Rocky Linux 8.6 [CIQ] Security Update: curl / curl-debuginfo / curl-debugsource / curl-minimal / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (ciqsa-2026_0030)
1 Oct 202600:00
–nessus
nessus
Tenable Nessus		Rocky Linux 9.2 [CIQ] Security Update: curl / curl-debuginfo / curl-debugsource / curl-minimal / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (ciqsa-2026_0406)
1 Oct 202600:00
–nessus
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23 Mar 2021 00:00Current
7.2High risk
Vulners AI Score7.2
CVSS 25
EPSS0.0908
curl vulnerabilityauthentication bypassuser impersonationconnectionexists functionlibrary url file
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