ALPINE-CVE-2016-8615

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CVE-2016-8615
Published: 01 Aug 2018, 06:29
Last modified:03 Dec 2025, 22:34

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
3.0 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

01 Aug 2018, 06:29
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Dec 2025, 22:34
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

A flaw was found in curl before version 7.51. If cookie state is written into a cookie jar file that is later read back and used for subsequent requests, a malicious HTTP server can inject new cookies for arbitrary domains into said cookie jar.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected Systems

  • alpine•curl

    < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.51.0 | < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.49.1-r4 | < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.49.1-r4 | < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.51.0 | < 7.51.0 | < 7.51.0 | < 7.51.0-r0

References (1)