CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-0755

7.3 HIGH Published 2016-01-29 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-01-29
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
7.3 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-287

Description

The ConnectionExists function in lib/url.c in libcurl before 7.47.0 does not properly re-use NTLM-authenticated proxy connections, which might allow remote attackers to authenticate as other users via a request, a similar issue to CVE-2014-0015.

Affected configurations

• haxx curl (<= 7.46.0) • canonical ubuntu linux 12.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 14.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 15.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 15.10 • debian debian linux 7.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness

References