ALPINE-CVE-2016-8616

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CVE-2016-8616
Published: 01 Aug 2018, 06:29
Last modified:03 Dec 2025, 22:35

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
24/100
CVSS Score
5.9 MEDIUM
3.0 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

01 Aug 2018, 06:29
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Dec 2025, 22:35
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5.9CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected Systems

  • alpine•curl

    < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.51.0 | < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.49.1-r4 | < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.49.1-r4 | < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.51.0 | < 7.51.0 | < 7.51.0 | < 7.51.0-r0

References (1)