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.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2016-8615 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| Base Score | 4.3 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | None |
| CVSS3 Base Score | 5.3 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity Impact | Low |
| Availability Impact | None |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss Core Services 1 | RHSA-2018:2486 | 2018-08-16 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.0 | curl | Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | curl | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | curl | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | curl | Will not fix |
| 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 |
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