CVE-2016-5421

Upstream information

CVE-2016-5421 at MITRE

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.

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Upstream Security Advisories:

• https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2016-5421.html

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Pending

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database	SUSE
Base Score	6.8	6.8
Vector	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector	Network	Network
Access Complexity	Medium	Medium
Authentication	None	None
Confidentiality Impact	Partial	Partial
Integrity Impact	Partial	Partial
Availability Impact	Partial	Partial

CVSS v3 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	8.1
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector	Network
Attack Complexity	High
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact	High
Integrity Impact	High
Availability Impact	High
CVSSv3 Version	3.1

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 991391 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

• SUSE-CU-2019:695-1, published Tue Jan 14 00:06:30 MST 2020
• SUSE-CU-2019:706-1, published Thu Jan 16 09:56:32 MST 2020
• SUSE-CU-2019:708-1, published Thu Jan 16 09:56:51 MST 2020
• SUSE-CU-2019:710-1, published Thu Jan 16 09:57:10 MST 2020
• SUSE-CU-2019:712-1, published Thu Jan 16 09:57:31 MST 2020
• SUSE-CU-2019:714-1, published Thu Jan 16 09:57:50 MST 2020
• SUSE-CU-2019:716-1, published Thu Jan 16 09:58:06 MST 2020
• SUSE-CU-2019:719-1, published Thu Jan 16 09:58:33 MST 2020
• SUSE-CU-2019:721-1, published Thu Jan 16 09:58:53 MST 2020
• SUSE-CU-2019:723-1, published Thu Jan 16 09:59:12 MST 2020
• SUSE-CU-2019:725-1, published Thu Jan 16 09:59:40 MST 2020
• SUSE-CU-2019:727-1, published Thu Jan 16 09:59:57 MST 2020
• SUSE-CU-2019:729-1, published Thu Jan 16 10:00:23 MST 2020
• SUSE-CU-2019:731-1, published Thu Jan 16 10:01:00 MST 2020
• SUSE-CU-2019:733-1, published Thu Jan 16 10:01:25 MST 2020
• SUSE-CU-2019:738-1, published Thu Jan 16 10:02:14 MST 2020
• SUSE-SU-2016:2330-1, published Fri Sep 16 13:13:26 MDT 2016
• SUSE-SU-2017:2699-1, published Wed, 11 Oct 2017 03:06:53 +0200 (CEST)
• SUSE-SU-2017:2700-1, published Wed, 11 Oct 2017 03:07:32 +0200 (CEST)
• openSUSE-SU-2016:2227-1, published Fri, 2 Sep 2016 18:09:18 +0200 (CEST)
• openSUSE-SU-2016:2379-1, published Mon, 26 Sep 2016 02:08:46 +0200 (CEST)

List of released packages

Product(s)	Fixed package version(s)	References
Container caasp/v4/default-http-backend:beta1 Container caasp/v4/dnsmasq-nanny:2.78 Container caasp/v4/flannel:0.9.1 Container caasp/v4/haproxy:beta1 Container caasp/v4/kubedns:beta1 Container caasp/v4/nginx-ingress-controller:beta1 Container caasp/v4/openldap:beta1 Container caasp/v4/pause:1.0.0 Container caasp/v4/pv-recycler-node:8.25 Container caasp/v4/salt-api:beta1 Container caasp/v4/salt-master:beta1 Container caasp/v4/salt-minion:beta1 Container caasp/v4/sidecar:beta1 Container caasp/v4/velum:4.0.0 Container suse/sles12sp3:12.16	libcurl4 >= 7.37.0-28.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1	curl >= 7.37.0-28.1 libcurl-devel >= 7.37.0-28.1 libcurl4 >= 7.37.0-28.1 libcurl4-32bit >= 7.37.0-28.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2016-1364 SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2016-1364
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2	curl >= 7.37.0-28.1 libcurl-devel >= 7.37.0-28.1 libcurl4 >= 7.37.0-28.1 libcurl4-32bit >= 7.37.0-28.1	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 GA curl-7.37.0-28.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 GA libcurl-devel-7.37.0-28.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3	curl >= 7.37.0-36.1 libcurl-devel >= 7.37.0-36.1 libcurl4 >= 7.37.0-36.1 libcurl4-32bit >= 7.37.0-36.1	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 GA curl-7.37.0-36.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 GA libcurl-devel-7.37.0-36.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4	curl >= 7.60.0-2.11 libcurl-devel >= 7.60.0-2.11 libcurl4 >= 7.60.0-2.11 libcurl4-32bit >= 7.60.0-2.11	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 GA curl-7.60.0-2.11 SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 GA libcurl-devel-7.60.0-2.11
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5	curl >= 7.60.0-9.8 libcurl4 >= 7.60.0-9.8 libcurl4-32bit >= 7.60.0-9.8	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 GA curl-7.60.0-9.8
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12	sles12-docker-image >= 1.1.4-20171002 sles12sp1-docker-image >= 1.0.7-20171002	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-12-2017-1672 SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-12-2017-1673
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1	curl >= 7.37.0-28.1 libcurl-devel >= 7.37.0-28.1 libcurl4 >= 7.37.0-28.1 libcurl4-32bit >= 7.37.0-28.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2016-1364 SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-1364
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2	curl >= 7.37.0-28.1 libcurl-devel >= 7.37.0-28.1 libcurl4 >= 7.37.0-28.1 libcurl4-32bit >= 7.37.0-28.1	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 GA curl-7.37.0-28.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 GA libcurl-devel-7.37.0-28.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3	curl >= 7.37.0-36.1 libcurl-devel >= 7.37.0-36.1 libcurl4 >= 7.37.0-36.1 libcurl4-32bit >= 7.37.0-36.1 sles12-docker-image >= 1.1.4-20171002 sles12sp1-docker-image >= 1.0.7-20171002	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 GA curl-7.37.0-36.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 GA libcurl-devel-7.37.0-36.1 SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-12-2017-1672 SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-12-2017-1673
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4	curl >= 7.60.0-2.11 libcurl-devel >= 7.60.0-2.11 libcurl4 >= 7.60.0-2.11 libcurl4-32bit >= 7.60.0-2.11 sles12-docker-image >= 1.1.4-20171002 sles12sp1-docker-image >= 1.0.7-20171002	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 GA curl-7.60.0-2.11 SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 GA libcurl-devel-7.60.0-2.11 SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-12-2017-1672 SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-12-2017-1673
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5	curl >= 7.60.0-9.8 libcurl-devel >= 7.60.0-9.8 libcurl4 >= 7.60.0-9.8 libcurl4-32bit >= 7.60.0-9.8 sles12-docker-image >= 1.1.4-20171002 sles12sp1-docker-image >= 1.0.7-20171002	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 GA curl-7.60.0-9.8 SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 GA libcurl-devel-7.60.0-9.8 SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-12-2017-1672 SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-12-2017-1673
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2	curl >= 7.37.0-28.1 libcurl4 >= 7.37.0-28.1	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 GA curl-7.37.0-28.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2	libcurl-devel >= 7.37.0-28.1	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 GA libcurl-devel-7.37.0-28.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3	libcurl-devel >= 7.37.0-36.1 sles12-docker-image >= 1.1.4-20171002 sles12sp1-docker-image >= 1.0.7-20171002	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 GA libcurl-devel-7.37.0-36.1 SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-12-2017-1672 SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-12-2017-1673
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4	libcurl-devel >= 7.60.0-2.11 sles12-docker-image >= 1.1.4-20171002 sles12sp1-docker-image >= 1.0.7-20171002	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 GA libcurl-devel-7.60.0-2.11 SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-12-2017-1672 SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-12-2017-1673
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5	libcurl-devel >= 7.60.0-9.8 sles12-docker-image >= 1.1.4-20171002 sles12sp1-docker-image >= 1.0.7-20171002	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 GA libcurl-devel-7.60.0-9.8 SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-12-2017-1672 SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-12-2017-1673
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1	libcurl-devel >= 7.37.0-28.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2016-1364
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3	libcurl-devel >= 7.37.0-36.1	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 GA libcurl-devel-7.37.0-36.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4	libcurl-devel >= 7.60.0-2.11	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 GA libcurl-devel-7.60.0-2.11
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5	libcurl-devel >= 7.60.0-9.8	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 GA libcurl-devel-7.60.0-9.8

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Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s)	Source package	State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS	curl	Already fixed
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun	curl	Already fixed
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-Azure	curl	Already fixed
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-EC2	curl	Already fixed
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-GCE	curl	Already fixed
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud	curl	Already fixed
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7	curl	Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1	curl	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4	curl	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5	curl	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12	sles12-docker-image	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12	sles12sp1-docker-image	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4	curl	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5	curl	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1	curl	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2	curl	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3	curl	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4	curl	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4	curl	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5	curl	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 12	sles12-docker-image	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 12	sles12sp1-docker-image	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3	curl	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5	sles12-docker-image	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5	sles12sp1-docker-image	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS	curl	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4	curl	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5	curl	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5	sles12-docker-image	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5	sles12sp1-docker-image	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4	curl	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5	curl	Already fixed
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2	curl	Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3	curl	Already fixed
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2	curl	Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3	curl	Already fixed
SUSE Manager Server 4.2	curl	Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.3	curl	Already fixed
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SLES15-SP2-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun	curl	Not affected
SLES15-SP2-CHOST-BYOS-Azure	curl	Not affected
SLES15-SP2-CHOST-BYOS-EC2	curl	Not affected
SLES15-SP2-CHOST-BYOS-GCE	curl	Not affected
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun	curl	Not affected
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-Azure	curl	Not affected
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-EC2	curl	Not affected
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-GCE	curl	Not affected
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud	curl	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2	curl	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS	curl	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS	curl	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3	curl	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS	curl	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS	curl	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2	curl	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3	curl	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL	curl	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4	curl	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4	sles12-docker-image	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4	sles12sp1-docker-image	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS	curl	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2	curl	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS	curl	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3	curl	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS	curl	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Business Critical Linux 15 SP3	curl	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4	curl	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4	sles12-docker-image	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4	sles12sp1-docker-image	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2	curl	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3	curl	Not affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8	curl	Affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0	curl	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4	curl	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12	curl	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1	curl	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2	curl	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3	curl	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4	curl	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2	curl	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3	curl	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0	curl	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3	curl	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2	curl	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS	curl	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3	curl	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS	curl	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS	curl	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4	curl	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS	curl	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS	curl	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12	curl	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12	sles12-docker-image	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12	sles12sp1-docker-image	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1	curl	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS	curl	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2	curl	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS	curl	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS	curl	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3	curl	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3	sles12-docker-image	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3	sles12sp1-docker-image	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL	curl	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS	curl	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS	curl	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS	curl	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL	curl	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL	curl	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2	curl	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4	curl	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12	curl	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12	sles12-docker-image	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12	sles12sp1-docker-image	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1	curl	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2	curl	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3	curl	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3	sles12-docker-image	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3	sles12sp1-docker-image	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4	curl	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12	curl	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1	curl	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2	curl	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3	curl	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4	curl	Already fixed
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1	curl	Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1	curl	Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.1	curl	Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7	curl	Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8	curl	Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9	curl	Already fixed
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8	curl	Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9	curl	Already fixed
SUSE Studio Onsite 1.3	curl	Not affected
Container Status
bci/python bci/python:3 bci/ruby rancher/seedimage-builder/5.3 suse/manager/4.3/proxy-httpd suse/manager/4.3/proxy-salt-broker suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.3 suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.4 suse/sle15:15.4 suse/sle15:15.5 suse/sles/15.4/libguestfs-tools:0.49.0 suse/sles/15.4/virt-handler:0.49.0 suse/sles/15.5/cdi-cloner:1.55.0 suse/sles/15.5/cdi-importer:1.55.0 suse/sles/15.5/cdi-uploadserver:1.55.0 suse/sles/15.5/libguestfs-tools:0.58.0 suse/sles/15.5/virt-handler:0.58.0 suse/sles/15.5/virt-launcher:0.58.0	curl	Already fixed
suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.2 suse/sle15:15.3 suse/sles/15.3/libguestfs-tools:0.45.0	curl	Not affected

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Sun Jul 31 15:00:33 2016
CVE page last modified: Sun Apr 30 20:51:24 2023