vulnerability
Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-9594: cURL: Multiple vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Jan 19, 2017 | Oct 30, 2017 | Mar 31, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jan 19, 2017
Added
Oct 30, 2017
Modified
Mar 31, 2026
Description
curl before version 7.52.1 is vulnerable to an uninitialized random in libcurl's internal function that returns a good 32bit random value. Having a weak or virtually non-existent random value makes the operations that use it vulnerable.
Solution
gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-misc-curl
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