DEBIAN-CVE-2016-3739

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-3739
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-3739.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-3739
Upstream
Published
2016-05-20T14:59:05.450Z
Modified
2025-11-19T01:08:52.347769Z
Severity
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The (1) mbedconnectstep1 function in lib/vtls/mbedtls.c and (2) polarsslconnectstep1 function in lib/vtls/polarssl.c in cURL and libcurl before 7.49.0, when using SSLv3 or making a TLS connection to a URL that uses a numerical IP address, allow remote attackers to spoof servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / curl

Package

Name
curl
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/curl?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
7.50.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-3739.json"

Debian:12 / curl

Package

Name
curl
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/curl?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
7.50.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-3739.json"

Debian:13 / curl

Package

Name
curl
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/curl?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
7.50.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-3739.json"

Debian:14 / curl

Package

Name
curl
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/curl?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
7.50.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-3739.json"