Cryptographic issues in curl (Alpine package)

Published: 2014-04-17

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	1
CVE-ID	CVE-2014-0139
CWE-ID	CWE-310
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	curl (Alpine package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component
Vendor	Alpine Linux Development Team

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Cryptographic issues

EUVDB-ID: #VU32553

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0139

CWE-ID: CWE-310 - Cryptographic Issues

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

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.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

curl (Alpine package): 7.19.6-r0 - 7.25.0-r3

External links

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.