CVE-2014-0139
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5.8 · CWE-310
5.8CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
cURL and libcurl 7.1 before 7.36.0, when using the OpenSSL, axtls, qsossl or gskit libraries for TLS, recognize a wildcard IP address in the subject's Common Name (CN) field of an X.509 certificate, which might allow man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL servers via a crafted certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)5%
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20140326B.htmlAdvisory
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0165.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-04/msg00042.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57836
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57966
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57968
- http://secunia.com/advisories/58615
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59458