CVE-2014-0138
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 6.4 · Improper authentication
6.4CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)5%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20140326A.htmlAdvisory
- 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