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    CVE-2016-8616

    A flaw was found in curl before version 7.51.0 When re-using a connection, curl was doing case insensitive comparisons of user name and password with the existing connections. This means that if an unused connection with proper credentials exists for a protocol that has connection-scoped credentials, an attacker can cause that connection to be reused if s/he knows the case-insensitive version of the correct password.

    Published:Nov 2, 2016
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Aug 1, 2018
    EPSS Score:0.03552
    CVSS Score:3.7

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Haxx
    Product
    Curl
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Jboss Core Services
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Software Collections

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-287 Improper Authentication

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    References

    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94094
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037192
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8616
    https://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-8616.patch
    https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102B.html
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47
    https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94094
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037192
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8616
    https://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-8616.patch
    https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102B.html
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47
    https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High