vulnerability

Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-8623: cURL: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Jan 19, 2017
Added
Oct 30, 2017
Modified
Mar 31, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in curl before version 7.51.0. The way curl handles cookies permits other threads to trigger a use-after-free leading to information disclosure.

Solution

gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-misc-curl
Title
Rapid7 Labs

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