CVE-2016-5419
mediumpriority · track · 35EPSS 0.151 · 97 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
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affected products (6)
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advisories (2)
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- WID-SEC-W-2026-0180Dell Data Protection Advisor: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-01-20csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Dell Data Protection Advisor ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu erzeugen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen und nicht näher spezifizierte Angriffe zu starten.
- CURL-CVE-2016-5419TLS session resumption client cert bypass2016-08-03vendor · osvUS
libcurl would attempt to resume a TLS session even if the client certificate had changed. That is unacceptable since a server by specification is allowed to skip the client certificate check on resume, and may instead use the old identity which was established by the previous certificate (or no certificate). libcurl supports by default the use of TLS session id/ticket to resume previous TLS sessions to speed up subsequent TLS handshakes. They are used when for any reason an existing TLS connection could not be kept alive to make the next handshake faster.
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references (40)
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- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3638cnnvd
- https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20160803A.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00011.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00094.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2575.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3638enisa_euvd
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.htmlenisa_euvd
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