CVE-2015-3236 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2015-3236

cURL and libcurl 7.40.0 through 7.42.1 send the HTTP Basic...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

curl, libcurl
Vulnerable Versions:
7.40.0, 7.41.0, 7.42.0, 7.42.1

Timeline

Official Publish: June 22nd, 2015
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.