Improper Authentication in cURL - CVE-2014-0015
Published: February 2, 2014 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32585
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0015
CWE-ID: CWE-287
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
cURL and libcurl 7.10.6 through 7.34.0, when more than one authentication method is enabled, re-uses NTLM connections, which might allow context-dependent attackers to authenticate as other users via a request.
Affected software
cURL
Amazon Linux AMI
Slackware Linux
curl (Alpine package)
Amazon Linux AMI
Slackware Linux
curl (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2014-0015
Install update from vendor's website.
cURL - update to 7.35.0
curl (Alpine package) - update to 7.25.0-r3
curl (Alpine package) - update to 7.25.0-r3
External References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-06/0172.html
- http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20140129.html
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10743
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127627.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128408.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00066.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56728
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56731
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56734
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56912
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59458
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59475
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6296
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2849
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65270
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029710
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2014&m=slackware-security.502652
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2097-1
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html
- http://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5095862