DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8616

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8616

    Published: 1 Aug 2018Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-8616

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8616

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: curl

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/curl?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -7.51.0-1

    Affected versions

    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