Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20142522000
Revision Date:2014-04-18Version:1
Title:CVE-2014-2522 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - medium.
Description:curl and libcurl 7.27.0 through 7.35.0, when running on Windows and using the SChannel/Winssl TLS backend, 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.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2014-2522
Platform(s):Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) is installed.
  • AND While related to the CVE in some way, the 'curl' package in precise is not affected.
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