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…

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

4.2% · top 9.0% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.8.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-310 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-310 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (17)

• http://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5095862 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• MDVSA-2015:213 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 57836 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20140326B.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• DSA-2902 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• http://www.getchef.com/blog/2014/04/09/chef-server-11-0-12-release/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 59458 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2014:0530 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0165.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 58615 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 57968 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21675820 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• USN-2167-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• http://www.getchef.com/blog/2014/04/09/enterprise-chef-11-1-3-release/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.getchef.com/blog/2014/04/09/enterprise-chef-1-4-9-release/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 57966 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 09:05 UTC.