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CVE-2016-5419

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 15.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-08-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-310

Description

curl and libcurl before 7.50.1 do not prevent TLS session resumption when the client certificate has changed, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended restrictions by resuming a session.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 8.0
• curl: through 7.50.0
• openSUSE Leap: 42.1

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00011.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00094.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2575.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3638
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92292
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92319
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036538
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038341
• http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.563059
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3048-1

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