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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2016-5421: Vulnerability in libcurl

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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2016-5421: Vulnerability in libcurl

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/10/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/29/2017
Modified
02/01/2022

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in libcurl before 7.50.1 allows attackers to control which connection is used or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-web-curl-7-45-0-0-175-3-15-0-1-0

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