CVE - CVE-2016-9594

CVE-ID
CVE-2016-9594	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
curl before version 7.52.1 is vulnerable to an uninitialized random in libcurl's internal function that returns a good 32bit random value. Having a weak or virtually non-existent random value makes the operations that use it vulnerable.
References
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MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9594 CONFIRM:https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161223.html CONFIRM:https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-04 GENTOO:GLSA-201701-47 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47 BID:95094 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95094 SECTRACK:1037528 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037528
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Entry Created
20161123	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20161123)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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