Use-after-free vulnerability in libcurl before 7.50.1 allows attackers to control which connection is used or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2016-5421 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Base Score | 3.7 |
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Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Access Vector | Local |
Access Complexity | High |
Authentication | None |
Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
Integrity Impact | Partial |
Availability Impact | Partial |
CVSS3 Base Score | 7 |
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CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Attack Vector | Local |
Attack Complexity | High |
Privileges Required | Low |
User Interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | High |
Integrity Impact | High |
Availability Impact | High |
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Platform | Errata | Release Date |
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Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (httpd24-curl) | RHSA-2018:3558 | 2018-11-13 |
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (httpd24-curl) | RHSA-2018:3558 | 2018-11-13 |
Platform | Package | State |
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Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.0 | curl | Not affected |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | curl | Not affected |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | curl | Not affected |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | curl | Not affected |
RHEV Manager 3 | mingw-virt-viewer | Will not fix |
.NET Core 2.0 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux | rh-dotnet20-curl | Will not fix |
.NET Core 2.0 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux | rh-dotnet21-curl | Will not fix |
.NET Core 1.0 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux | rh-dotnetcore10-curl | Will not fix |
.NET Core 1.0 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux | rh-dotnetcore11-curl | Will not fix |