Upstream information
Description
The (1) mbed_connect_step1 function in lib/vtls/mbedtls.c and (2) polarssl_connect_step1 function in lib/vtls/polarssl.c in cURL and libcurl before 7.49.0, when using SSLv3 or making a TLS connection to a URL that uses a numerical IP address, allow remote attackers to spoof servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Resolved
This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.
| National Vulnerability Database | |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 2.6 |
| Vector | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | High |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | None |
| National Vulnerability Database | |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 5.3 |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | High |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | High |
| Availability Impact | None |
| CVSSv3 Version | 3 |
Note from the SUSE Security Team
This problem only affects curl when built against mbedtls or polarssl. We build curl against openssl, which is not affected by this problem. So no SUSE Linux or openSUSE products are affected by this problem. SUSE Bugzilla entries: 1221668 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 982778 [RESOLVED / UPSTREAM] No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Wed May 18 09:15:42 2016CVE page last modified: Tue Sep 10 11:19:43 2024