CVE-2014-0139

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-04-15 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-310

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.

Affected products

curl: 7.10.6, 7.10.7, 7.10.8, 7.11.0, 7.11.1, 7.11.2 (+59)
curl: 7.10.6, 7.10.7, 7.10.8, 7.11.0, 7.11.1, 7.11.2 (+59)

References

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0165.html
http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20140326B.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
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21675820
http://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5095862
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2902
http://www.getchef.com/blog/2014/04/09/chef-server-11-0-12-release/

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