Vulnerability in The Curl Project
CVE-2016-8616
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…
EPSS: 0.045 (89.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 3.7 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.
Affected products
- The Curl Project — versions 7.51.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- 94094 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- RHSA-2018:3558 (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102B.html (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-8616.patch (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21 (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- 1037192 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- RHSA-2018:2486 (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- GLSA-201701-47 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-8616?
- CVE-2016-8616 is a low-severity vulnerability in The Curl Project, classified under CWE-592. CVSS score: 3.7/10. Published 2018-08-01.
- How severe is CVE-2016-8616?
- Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.7 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2016-8616 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.