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CVE-2014-0139

UNKNOWN
Published 2014-04-15T14:00:00
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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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Advisory Details

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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CVSS Score

5.0

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 17, 2022, Modified: April 12, 2025

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HackerOne Reports

frankyueh
curl
Improper Validation of Certificate with Host Mismatch
Published: 2014-04-15T14:00:00
Last Modified: 2024-08-06T09:05:38.790Z
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