CVE - CVE-2014-2522

CVE-ID
CVE-2014-2522	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
curl and libcurl 7.27.0 through 7.35.0, when running on Windows and using the SChannel/Winssl TLS backend, does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate when accessing a URL that uses a numerical IP address, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.
References
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BID:66296 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66296 CONFIRM:http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20140326D.html CONFIRM:http://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5095862 CONFIRM:http://www.getchef.com/blog/2014/04/09/chef-server-11-0-12-release/ CONFIRM:http://www.getchef.com/blog/2014/04/09/enterprise-chef-1-4-9-release/ CONFIRM:http://www.getchef.com/blog/2014/04/09/enterprise-chef-11-1-3-release/ MLIST:[oss-security] 20140317 CVE request: flaw in curl's Windows SSL backend URL:http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/585 MLIST:[oss-security] 20140317 Re: CVE request: flaw in curl's Windows SSL backend URL:http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/586 SECUNIA:57836 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/57836 SECUNIA:57966 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/57966 SECUNIA:57968 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/57968 SECUNIA:59458 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/59458
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20140317	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20140317)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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