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.
Published: 2014-04-15
Score: 5.8 Medium
EPSS: 1.6% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2902-1 curl security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-0198 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2167-1 curl vulnerabilities
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T09:05:38.790Z

Reserved: 2013-12-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-0139

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-04-15T14:55:04.137

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-0139

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2014-03-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-0139 - Bugzilla

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