CVE-2016-8616
Description
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| arch | fixed | 7.51.0-1 | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 7.51.0-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 7.51.0-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 7.51.0-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 7.51.0-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 7.51.0-1 |
References
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-10
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-9
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-5
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-8
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-4
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-7
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-8616.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8616
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.