Medium severity · published Jul 27, 2018
CVE-2017-2629
curl before 7.53.0 has an incorrect TLS Certificate Status Request extension feature that asks for a fresh proof of the server's certificate's validity in the code that checks for…
6.5
CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
curl before 7.53.0 has an incorrect TLS Certificate Status Request extension feature that asks for a fresh proof of the server's certificate's validity in the code that checks for a test success or failure. It ends up always thinking there's valid proof, even when there is none or if the server doesn't support the TLS extension in question. This could lead to users not detecting when a server's certificate goes invalid or otherwise be mislead that the server is in a better shape than it is in reality. This flaw also exists in the command line tool (--cert-status).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 69% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CU
Curl · Haxx
before 7.53.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2629
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2629
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96382
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037871
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2629
Vendor Advisory
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20170222.html
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201703-04
Third Party Advisory
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-09
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