vulnerability

Ubuntu: USN-3123-1 (CVE-2016-8623): curl vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Nov 2, 2016
Added
Nov 3, 2016
Modified
Mar 27, 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.

Solutions

ubuntu-upgrade-libcurl3ubuntu-upgrade-libcurl3-gnutlsubuntu-upgrade-libcurl3-nss
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