CVE-2015-3236
published 2015-06-22CVE-2015-3236: cURL and libcurl 7.40.0 through 7.42.1 send the HTTP Basic authentication credentials for a previous connection when reusing a reset (curl_easy_reset)…
PriorityP432medium5CVSS 2.0
AVNACLAuNCPINAN
EPSS
8.21%
94.1th percentile
cURL and libcurl 7.40.0 through 7.42.1 send the HTTP Basic authentication credentials for a previous connection when reusing a reset (curl_easy_reset) connection handle to send a request to the same host name, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.
Affected
13 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | curl | < curl 7.43.0-1 (bookworm) | curl 7.43.0-1 (bookworm) |
| haxx | curl | — | — |
| haxx | curl | — | — |
| haxx | curl | — | — |
| haxx | curl | — | — |
| haxx | curl | >= 0 < 7.43.0-1 | 7.43.0-1 |
| haxx | curl | >= 0 < 7.43.0-1 | 7.43.0-1 |
| haxx | curl | >= 0 < 7.43.0-1 | 7.43.0-1 |
| haxx | curl | >= 0 < 7.43.0-1 | 7.43.0-1 |
| haxx | libcurl | — | — |
| haxx | libcurl | — | — |
| haxx | libcurl | — | — |
| haxx | libcurl | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
osv5.0MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.0MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.0MEDIUM
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Red Hat
curl: lingering HTTP credentials in connection re-use
vendor_redhat·2015-06-17·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2015-3236 [MEDIUM] CWE-201 curl: lingering HTTP credentials in connection re-use
curl: lingering HTTP credentials in connection re-use
cURL and libcurl 7.40.0 through 7.42.1 send the HTTP Basic authentication credentials for a previous connection when reusing a reset (curl_easy_reset) connection handle to send a request to the same host name, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.
Statement: This issue did not affect the versions of curl as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7.
Package: curl (Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.1) - Not affected
Package: curl (Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.2) - Not affected
Package: curl (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) - Not affected
Package: curl (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Not affected
Package: curl (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Not affected
Debian
CVE-2015-3236: curl - cURL and libcurl 7.40.0 through 7.42.1 send the HTTP Basic authentication creden...
vendor_debian·2015·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2015-3236 [MEDIUM] CVE-2015-3236: curl - cURL and libcurl 7.40.0 through 7.42.1 send the HTTP Basic authentication creden...
cURL and libcurl 7.40.0 through 7.42.1 send the HTTP Basic authentication credentials for a previous connection when reusing a reset (curl_easy_reset) connection handle to send a request to the same host name, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 7.43.0-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 7.43.0-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 7.43.0-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 7.43.0-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 7.43.0-1)
GHSA
GHSA-x247-6f29-259j: cURL and libcurl 7
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-14
CVE-2015-3236 [MEDIUM] CWE-200 GHSA-x247-6f29-259j: cURL and libcurl 7
cURL and libcurl 7.40.0 through 7.42.1 send the HTTP Basic authentication credentials for a previous connection when reusing a reset (curl_easy_reset) connection handle to send a request to the same host name, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.
OSV
CVE-2015-3236: cURL and libcurl 7
osv·2015-06-22·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2015-3236 [MEDIUM] CVE-2015-3236: cURL and libcurl 7
cURL and libcurl 7.40.0 through 7.42.1 send the HTTP Basic authentication credentials for a previous connection when reusing a reset (curl_easy_reset) connection handle to send a request to the same host name, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-3236 curl: lingering HTTP credentials in connection re-use
bugzilla·2015-06-19·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2015-3236 [MEDIUM] CVE-2015-3236 curl: lingering HTTP credentials in connection re-use
CVE-2015-3236 curl: lingering HTTP credentials in connection re-use
http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20150617A.html
VULNERABILITY
libcurl can wrongly send HTTP credentials when re-using connections.
libcurl allows applications to set credentials for the upcoming transfer with HTTP Basic authentication, like with CURLOPT_USERPWD for example. Name and password. Just like all other libcurl options the credentials are sticky and are kept associated with the "handle" until something is made to change the situation.
Further, libcurl offers a curl_easy_reset() function that resets a handle back to its pristine state in terms of all settable options. A reset is of course also supposed to clear the credentials. A reset is typically used to clear up the handle and prepare it for a new, possibly unr
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-3237 CVE-2015-3236 curl: various flaws [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2015-06-19·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2015-3237 [MEDIUM] CVE-2015-3237 CVE-2015-3236 curl: various flaws [fedora-all]
CVE-2015-3237 CVE-2015-3236 curl: various flaws [fedora-all]
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2015-06-22
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