CVE-2016-8616 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2016-8616 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 01/08/2018 | CVE Updated: 06/08/2024 | CVE Year: 2016
Source: redhat | Vendor: The Curl Project | Product: curl
Status : PUBLISHED

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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.

Metrics

CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: n/a
Vector: n/a

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Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-ID: CWE-592
CWE Name: CWE-592
Source: The Curl Project

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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).