CVE-2016-3739 in Secure Global Desktop

Summary

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.

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Reservation

03/30/2016

Disclosure

05/20/2016

Status

Confirmed

Entries

VulDB provides additional information and datapoints for this CVE:

ID	Vulnerability	CWE	Exp	Cou	CVE
100190	Oracle Secure Global Desktop LibcURL input validation	20	Proof-of-Concept	Official fix	CVE-2016-3739
87545	haxx.se cURL mbedTLS/PolarSSL mbedtls.c sslsethostname input validation	20	Not defined	Official fix	CVE-2016-3739

Sources

• MITRE
• NVD
• CVE Details