vulnerability
Arch Linux: Authentication bypass (CVE-2016-8616)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Aug 1, 2018 | Jul 11, 2025 | Nov 27, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Aug 1, 2018
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Nov 27, 2025
Description
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.
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.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
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