CVE-2015-3236

MediumCVSS 5.0/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 5.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-200

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20150617A.htmlVendor Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/160660.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2015-2367953.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75385
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91787Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10131
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201509-02
http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20150617A.htmlVendor Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/160660.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2015-2367953.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75385
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91787Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10131
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201509-02

Timeline

Published: Jun 22, 2015
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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