CVE-2014-0139

N/A Unknown
Published: April 15, 2014 Modified: May 06, 2026
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Description

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0165.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20140326B.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-04/msg00042.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/57836
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/57966
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/57968
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/58615
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/59458
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21675820
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5095862
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2902
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.getchef.com/blog/2014/04/09/chef-server-11-0-12-release/
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.getchef.com/blog/2014/04/09/enterprise-chef-1-4-9-release/
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.getchef.com/blog/2014/04/09/enterprise-chef-11-1-3-release/
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:213
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2167-1
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0165.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20140326B.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-04/msg00042.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/57836
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/57966
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/57968
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/58615
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/59458
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21675820
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5095862
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2902
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.getchef.com/blog/2014/04/09/chef-server-11-0-12-release/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.getchef.com/blog/2014/04/09/enterprise-chef-1-4-9-release/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.getchef.com/blog/2014/04/09/enterprise-chef-11-1-3-release/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:213
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2167-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

34 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.6%
82th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-310

Affected Vendors

haxx

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