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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2013-4545

cURL and libcurl 7.18.0 through 7.32.0, when built with OpenSSL, disables the certificate CN and SAN name field verification (CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST) when the digital signature verification (CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER) is disabled, which allows…

MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 3.08%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.08%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

cURL and libcurl 7.18.0 through 7.32.0, when built with OpenSSL, disables the certificate CN and SAN name field verification (CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST) when the digital signature verification (CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER) is disabled, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.

CVSS 2.0
4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
EPSS
3.08% probability · 87th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-310
Affected
haxx/curl · haxx/libcurl
Source
secalert@redhat.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.