CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-8616

LOWEPSS 88th pctl
3.7
CVSS v3
NVD

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.

CWE-592CWE-255

How to fix

Remediation Available
curlDebian
Fixed in:7.51.0-1CVE-2016-8616
Fixed in:7.51.0-1CVE-2016-8616
Fixed in:7.51.0-1CVE-2016-8616
Fixed in:7.51.0-1CVE-2016-8616
curlUbuntu
Fixed in:7.35.0-1ubuntu2.10USN-3123-1
Fixed in:7.47.0-1ubuntu2.2USN-3123-1
libcurl3Ubuntu
Fixed in:7.35.0-1ubuntu2.10USN-3123-1
Fixed in:7.47.0-1ubuntu2.2USN-3123-1
libcurl3-gnutlsUbuntu
Fixed in:7.35.0-1ubuntu2.10USN-3123-1
Fixed in:7.47.0-1ubuntu2.2USN-3123-1
libcurl3-nssUbuntu
Fixed in:7.35.0-1ubuntu2.10USN-3123-1
Fixed in:7.47.0-1ubuntu2.2USN-3123-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityHigh
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

3.47%probability of exploitation in 30 days
88thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 88% of all known CVEs.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.