| Name | CVE-2016-8623 |
| Description | A flaw was found in curl before version 7.51.0. The way curl handles cookies permits other threads to trigger a use-after-free leading to information disclosure. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-711-1, DSA-3705-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| curl (PTS) | buster | 7.64.0-4+deb10u2 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 7.64.0-4+deb10u9 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 7.74.0-1.3+deb11u11 | fixed |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 7.88.1-10+deb12u5 | fixed |
| trixie | 8.5.0-2 | fixed |
| sid | 8.7.1-2 | 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 | 7.26.0-1+wheezy17 | | DLA-711-1 | |
| curl | source | jessie | 7.38.0-4+deb8u5 | | DSA-3705-1 | |
| curl | source | (unstable) | 7.51.0-1 | | | |
Notes
https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/c5be3d7267c725dbd093ff3a883e07ee8cf2a1d5
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102I.html
https://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-8623.patch