UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0755

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0755

    Published: 27 Jan 2016Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-0755
    Aliases:
    USN-2882-1

    Summary:

    Details: The ConnectionExists function in lib/url.c in libcurl before 7.47.0 does not properly re-use NTLM-authenticated proxy connections, which might allow remote attackers to authenticate as other users via a request, a similar issue to CVE-2014-0015.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-0755, http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20160127A.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2882-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-0755

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: curl

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -7.35.0-1ubuntu2.6

    Affected versions

    7.32.0-1ubuntu1

    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
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High