CVE-2016-0755
N/A
Published: January 29, 2016 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:38 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxCurl
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 9%
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
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20160127A.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00006.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176546.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177342.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177383.html
References (18)
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20160127A.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00006.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176546.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177342.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177383.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176413.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00031.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00044.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-287
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