CVE-2014-1263 Information

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.

Reference

http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20140326C.html http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20140326C.html http://secunia.com/advisories/57836 http://secunia.com/advisories/57966 http://secunia.com/advisories/57968 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6150 http://twitter.com/agl__/statuses/437029812046422016 http://twitter.com/okoeroo/statuses/437272014043496449 http://www.getchef.com/blog/2014/04/09/chef-server-11-0-12-release/ http://www.getchef.com/blog/2014/04/09/enterprise-chef-11-1-3-release/ http://www.getchef.com/blog/2014/04/09/enterprise-chef-1-4-9-release/ https://gist.github.com/rmoriz/fb2b0a6a0ce10550ab73 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.