Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201602-4
========================================
Severity: Low
Date    : 2016-02-02
CVE-ID  : CVE-2016-0755
Package : lib32-curl
Type    : authentication bypass
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CVE

Summary
======
The package lib32-curl before version 7.47.0-1 is vulnerable to
authentication bypass.

Resolution
=========
Upgrade to 7.47.0-1.

# pacman -Syu "lib32-curl>=7.47.0-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 7.47.0.

Workaround
=========
None.

Description
==========
A vulnerability was found in a way libcurl uses NTLM-authenticated proxy
connections. Libcurl will reuse NTLM-authenticated proxy connections
without properly making sure that the connection was authenticated with
the same credentials as set for this transfer.

Since NTLM-based authentication is connection oriented instead of
request oriented as other HTTP based authentication, it is important
that only connections that have been authenticated with the correct
username + password are reused. This was done properly for server
connections already, but libcurl failed to do it properly for proxy
connections using NTLM, which might allow remote attackers to
authenticate as other users via a request.

Impact
=====
A remote attacker is able to authenticate as other users via a request
without providing any NTLM credentials.

References
=========
https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2016-0755
https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2016-0755.html

ArchLinux: 201602-4: lib32-curl: authentication bypass

February 2, 2016

Summary

A vulnerability was found in a way libcurl uses NTLM-authenticated proxy connections. Libcurl will reuse NTLM-authenticated proxy connections without properly making sure that the connection was authenticated with the same credentials as set for this transfer. Since NTLM-based authentication is connection oriented instead of request oriented as other HTTP based authentication, it is important that only connections that have been authenticated with the correct username + password are reused. This was done properly for server connections already, but libcurl failed to do it properly for proxy connections using NTLM, which might allow remote attackers to authenticate as other users via a request.

Resolution

Upgrade to 7.47.0-1. # pacman -Syu "lib32-curl>=7.47.0-1"
The problem has been fixed upstream in version 7.47.0.

References

https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2016-0755 https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2016-0755.html

Severity
Package : lib32-curl
Type : authentication bypass
Remote : Yes
Link : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CVE

Workaround

None.

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