CVE-2016-8623
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 3.3 Low
- Published
- Aug 1, 2018
- Updated
- Apr 16, 2026
- Reserved
- Oct 12, 2016
Description
A flaw was found in curl before version 7.51.0. The way curl handles cookies permits other threads to trigger a use-after-free leading to information disclosure.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 3.3 Low | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N | redhat |
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
curlThe Curl Project |
|
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8623
- RHSA-2018:3558vendor-advisory
- https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102I.html
- 94106vdb-entry
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21
- 1037192vdb-entry
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
- https://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-8623.patch
- RHSA-2018:2486vendor-advisory
- GLSA-201701-47vendor-advisory
- [bookkeeper-issues] 20210628 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8mailing-list
- [bookkeeper-issues] 20210629 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8mailing-list
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