vulnerability
Alpine Linux: CVE-2016-5420: Improper Authorization
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Aug 10, 2016 | Aug 30, 2017 | Dec 5, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Aug 10, 2016
Added
Aug 30, 2017
Modified
Dec 5, 2025
Description
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.
Solution
alpine-linux-upgrade-curl
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