(Ubuntu Issues Fix) cURL/libcurl Certificate Reuse Bug Lets Remote Users Bypass Security Restrictions on the Target System
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1037199 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1037199
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2016-7141
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Nov 4 2016
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Impact:
Disclosure of system information, Disclosure of user information, Modification of system information, Modification of user information
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): 7.19.6 through 7.50.1
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in cURL. A remote user can bypass security controls on the target system.
The library may reuse a client certificate from file on a subsequent TLS connection is no certificate is set for the subsequent connection.
Systems with libcurl built on top of Network Security Services (NSS) and with the 'libnsspem.so' library available at runtime is affected.
The command line tool is also affected.
Red Hat Security reported this vulnerability.
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Impact:
A remote user may be able to bypass security controls on the target system.
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Solution:
Ubuntu has issued a fix for CVE-2016-7141.
The Ubuntu advisory is available at:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3123-1
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Vendor URL: www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3123-1 (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Access control error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Ubuntu)
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Underlying OS Comments: 12.04 LTS, 14.04 LTS, 16.04 LTS, 16.10
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Message History:
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