CVE-2016-8616

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-8616
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-08-01 06:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:36:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-255

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Haxx Curl All All All All
Application Haxx Curl All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
curl - case insensitive password comparison CONFIRM curl.haxx.se Patch, Vendor Advisory
curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-8616.patch CONFIRM curl.haxx.se Patch, Vendor Advisory
cURL/libcURL CVE-2016-8616 Remote Security Bypass Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
1388371 – (CVE-2016-8616) CVE-2016-8616 curl: Case insensitive password comparison CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
CPU Oct 2018 CONFIRM www.oracle.com Patch
cURL/libcurl Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Inject Cookies, Reuse Connections, and Execute Arbitrary Code and Let Local Users Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information and Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cURL: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-47) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
[R1] LCE 4.8.2 Fixes Multiple Third-party Library Vulnerabilities - Security Advisory | Tenable Network Security CONFIRM www.tenable.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500114 Alpine Linux Security Update for curl
  • 503769 Alpine Linux Security Update for curl
  • 710385 Gentoo Linux cURL Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-47)

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