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ALPINE-CVE-2016-5420

ALPINE-CVE-2016-5420 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

curl and libcurl before 7.50.1 do not check the client certificate when choosing the TLS connection to reuse, which might allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of the connection by leveraging a previously created connection with a different client certificate.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.0
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Alpine:v3.20curl0, 7.49.0-r0, 7.48.0-r0
Alpine:v3.3curl7.19.7-r1, 7.47.0-r0, 7.46.0-r1
Alpine:v3.11curl7.26.0-r0, 0, 7.19.2-r0
Alpine:v3.9curl7.19.6-r0, 7.21.5-r0, 7.21.4-r1
Alpine:v3.4curl7.21.5-r0, 7.21.4-r0, 7.21.3-r1
Alpine:v3.12curl7.30.0-r0, 7.29.0-r0, 7.28.1-r0
Alpine:v3.5curl7.25.0-r0, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.16curl7.35.0-r0, 0, 7.19.2-r0
Alpine:v3.24curl0, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.23curl7.33.0-r0, 7.50.0-r0, 7.27.0-r0
Alpine:v3.22curl7.21.6-r0, 0, 7.19.2-r0
Alpine:v3.7curl0, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.10curl7.38.0-r0, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.19curl0, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.13curl7.49.1-r0, 0, 7.19.2-r0
Alpine:v3.2curl7.25.0-r0, 7.22.0-r0, 7.19.5-r0
Alpine:v3.15curl7.21.7-r1, 7.21.7-r2, 7.24.0-r0
Alpine:v3.8curl7.36.0-r0, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.6curl7.19.6-r0, 7.19.7-r0, 7.19.7-r1
Alpine:v3.14curl0, 7.19.2-r0, 7.19.2-r1

…and 3 more

Timeline

  • Aug 10, 2016 CVE Published
  • Jun 9, 2026 CVE Updated
  • Aug 8, 2026 Distribution Patch
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