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 2018-08-01 06:29:00
Updated 2019-10-09 23:20:04
Source Red Hat, Inc.
View at NVD,   CVE.org

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-8616

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 0.56%

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 75 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ

CVSS scores for CVE-2016-8616

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source
4.3
MEDIUM AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
8.6
2.9
NIST
2.6
LOW AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
4.9
2.9
Red Hat, Inc.
5.9
MEDIUM CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
2.2
3.6
NIST
3.7
LOW CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
2.2
1.4
Red Hat, Inc.

CWE ids for CVE-2016-8616

  • Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
  • Assigned by: secalert@redhat.com (Secondary)

References for CVE-2016-8616

Products affected by CVE-2016-8616

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