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Vulnerability details: VCID-h6eq-ce8f-aaak
Vulnerability ID VCID-h6eq-ce8f-aaak
Aliases CVE-2016-8624
Summary curl before version 7.51.0 doesn't parse the authority component of the URL correctly when the host name part ends with a '#' character, and could instead be tricked into connecting to a different host. This may have security implications if you for example use an URL parser that follows the RFC to check for allowed domains before using curl to request them.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 9.0
Risk 4.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
CWE-172 Encoding Error
System Score Found at
generic_textual Medium http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-8624.html
rhas Important https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
generic_textual CRITICAL https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
cvssv3 5.3 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-8624.json
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rhbs medium https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1388390
generic_textual Medium https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102J.html
cvssv3.1 Medium https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2016-8624.html
generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8615
generic_textual Low https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8616
generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8617
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generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8619
generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8620
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generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8623
generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8624
cvssv2 5.8 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
generic_textual HIGH https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
generic_textual HIGH https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfaa4d578587f52a9c4d176af516a681a712c664e3be440a4163691d5@%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
generic_textual HIGH https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfaa4d578587f52a9c4d176af516a681a712c664e3be440a4163691d5@%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
cvssv2 5.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8624
cvssv3 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8624
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-60
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-61
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-62
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-63
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-65
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-66
generic_textual Medium https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3123-1
cvssv3.1 5.9 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
generic_textual MODERATE http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
Reference id Reference type URL
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-8624.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-8624.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8624
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8624
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102J.html
https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2016-8624.html
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8615
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8616
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8617
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8618
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8619
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8620
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8621
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8622
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8623
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8624
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfaa4d578587f52a9c4d176af516a681a712c664e3be440a4163691d5@%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfaa4d578587f52a9c4d176af516a681a712c664e3be440a4163691d5%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3123-1
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94103
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037192
1388390 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1388390
ASA-201611-10 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-10
ASA-201611-4 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-4
ASA-201611-5 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-5
ASA-201611-7 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-7
ASA-201611-8 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-8
ASA-201611-9 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-9
AVG-60 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-60
AVG-61 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-61
AVG-62 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-62
AVG-63 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-63
AVG-65 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-65
AVG-66 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-66
cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2016-8624 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8624
RHSA-2018:2486 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486
USN-3123-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3123-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-8624.json
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Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfaa4d578587f52a9c4d176af516a681a712c664e3be440a4163691d5@%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

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Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8624
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8624
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.71914
EPSS Score 0.00360
Published At Dec. 17, 2024, midnight
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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