SUSE-SU-2016:0340-1

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    SUSE-SU-2016:0340-1

    Published: 4 Feb 2016Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-0755
    Aliases:
    CVE-2016-0755

    Summary: Security update for curl

    Details: This update for curl fixes the following issues: - CVE-2016-0755: libcurl would reuse NTLM-authenticated proxy connections without properly making sure that the connection was authenticated with the same credentials as set for this transfer (bsc#962983) The following non-security bugs were fixed: - bsc#936676: secure_getenv or __secure_getenv may not be detected correctly at build time The following tracked bugs only affect the test suite: - bsc#962996: Expired cookie in test 46 caused test failures - bsc#934333: Curl test suite was not run, is now enabled during build

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20160340-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/934333, https://bugzilla.suse.com/936676, https://bugzilla.suse.com/962983, https://bugzilla.suse.com/962996, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0755

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: curl

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -7.37.0-18.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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    High
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