Vulnerability CVE-2016-9594: Information

Description

curl before version 7.52.1 is vulnerable to an uninitialized random in libcurl's internal function that returns a good 32bit random value. Having a weak or virtually non-existent random value makes the operations that use it vulnerable.

Severity: HIGH (8.1) Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Published: April 23, 2018
Modified: Nov. 7, 2023
Error type identifier: CWE-665

Fixed packages

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Hyperlink
Resource
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161223.html
  • Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9594
  • Issue Tracking
  • Third Party Advisory
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-04
  • Third Party Advisory
GLSA-201701-47
  • Third Party Advisory
1037528
  • VDB Entry
  • Third Party Advisory
95094
  • Third Party Advisory
  • VDB Entry
    1. Configuration 1

      cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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      7.52.1