CVEvulnerability

CVE-2014-1263

4.3 MEDIUM Published 2014-02-27 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2014-02-27
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-310

Description

curl and libcurl 7.27.0 through 7.35.0, when using the SecureTransport/Darwinssl backend, as used in in Apple OS X 10.9.x before 10.9.2, 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.

Affected configurations

• apple mac os x (<= 10.9.1) • apple mac os x 10.9

Related

Weakness · not in database (1)

References