CVE-2013-4165

The HTTPAuthorized function in bitcoinrpc.cpp in bitcoind 0.8.1 provides
information about authentication failure upon detecting the first incorrect
byte of a password, which makes it easier for remote attackers to determine
passwords via a timing side-channel attack.

Bugs

• <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=717828&gt;