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DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5420

DEBIAN-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 v3.0
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:13curl0, 0, 0
Debian:14curl0, 0, 0
Debian:11curl0, 0, 0
Debian:12curl0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Aug 10, 2016 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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