CVE-2016-7141

curl: Incorrect reuse of client certificates

Published Oct 3, 2016 CVSS 3.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 8.2% KEV · Not listed
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.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-616-1 curl security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1568-1 curl security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-8013 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3123-1 curl vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 1:50 AM
Reserved
Sep 5, 2016, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 3, 2016, 9:59 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:52 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Sep 5, 2016, 12:00 AM