What is the severity of CVE-2016-9594?

CVE-2016-9594 is classified as a medium severity vulnerability due to the potential for weak randomness in cryptographic operations.

How do I fix CVE-2016-9594?

To fix CVE-2016-9594, upgrade to curl version 7.52.1 or later.

What impact does CVE-2016-9594 have on my system?

CVE-2016-9594 can lead to predictability in cryptographic operations, increasing vulnerability to attacks.

Is CVE-2016-9594 exploitable remotely?

CVE-2016-9594 may be exploited remotely if an application uses curl for network operations.

What software is affected by CVE-2016-9594?

CVE-2016-9594 affects all versions of curl before 7.52.1.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2016-9594

high

8.1

CWE

665

23/4/2018

6/8/2024

CVE-2016-9594

First published: Mon Apr 23 2018(Updated: )

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.

Credit: secalert@redhat.com

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
Curl	<7.52.1

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-9594?
CVE-2016-9594 is classified as a medium severity vulnerability due to the potential for weak randomness in cryptographic operations.
How do I fix CVE-2016-9594?
To fix CVE-2016-9594, upgrade to curl version 7.52.1 or later.
What impact does CVE-2016-9594 have on my system?
CVE-2016-9594 can lead to predictability in cryptographic operations, increasing vulnerability to attacks.
Is CVE-2016-9594 exploitable remotely?
CVE-2016-9594 may be exploited remotely if an application uses curl for network operations.
What software is affected by CVE-2016-9594?
CVE-2016-9594 affects all versions of curl before 7.52.1.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-9594?
CVE-2016-9594 is classified as a medium severity vulnerability due to the potential for weak randomness in cryptographic operations.
How do I fix CVE-2016-9594?
To fix CVE-2016-9594, upgrade to curl version 7.52.1 or later.
What impact does CVE-2016-9594 have on my system?
CVE-2016-9594 can lead to predictability in cryptographic operations, increasing vulnerability to attacks.
Is CVE-2016-9594 exploitable remotely?
CVE-2016-9594 may be exploited remotely if an application uses curl for network operations.
What software is affected by CVE-2016-9594?
CVE-2016-9594 affects all versions of curl before 7.52.1.