| Name | CVE-2016-5421 |
| Description | Use-after-free vulnerability in libcurl before 7.50.1 allows attackers to control which connection is used or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-3638-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| curl (PTS) | bullseye | 7.74.0-1.3+deb11u13 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 7.74.0-1.3+deb11u14 | fixed |
| bookworm | 7.88.1-10+deb12u8 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 7.88.1-10+deb12u5 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 8.11.0-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| curl | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| curl | source | jessie | 7.38.0-4+deb8u4 | | DSA-3638-1 | |
| curl | source | (unstable) | 7.50.1-1 | | | |
Notes
[wheezy] - curl <not-affected> (introduced in 7.32.0)
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20160803C.html
Fixed by https://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-5421.patch