Improper Authentication in cURL - CVE-2014-0138
Published: April 15, 2014 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32552
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0138
CWE-ID: CWE-287
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: curl.haxx.se
Affected software:
cURL
cURL
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
The default configuration in cURL and libcurl 7.10.6 before 7.36.0 re-uses (1) SCP, (2) SFTP, (3) POP3, (4) POP3S, (5) IMAP, (6) IMAPS, (7) SMTP, (8) SMTPS, (9) LDAP, and (10) LDAPS connections, which might allow context-dependent attackers to connect as other users via a request, a similar issue to CVE-2014-0015.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-0138
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20140326A.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-04/msg00042.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23
- 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.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2902
- http://www.getchef.com/blog/2014/04/09/chef-server-11-0-12-release/
- http://www.getchef.com/blog/2014/04/09/enterprise-chef-11-1-3-release/
- http://www.getchef.com/blog/2014/04/09/enterprise-chef-1-4-9-release/
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2167-1
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21675820
- http://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5095862