CVE-2014-3613
It was found that the libcurl library did not correctly handle partial literal IP addresses when parsing received HTTP cookies. An attacker able to trick a user into connecting to a malicious server could use this flaw to set the user's cookie to a crafted domain, making other cookie-related issues easier to exploit.
Find out more about CVE-2014-3613 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Statement
This issue affects the versions of curl as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and is not planned to be corrected in future updates.
Inktank Ceph Enterprise 1.1 and 1.2 receives only qualified Important and Critical impact security fixes. This issue has been rated as having Moderate security impact and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Inktank Ceph Enterprise Support Matrix:
http://www.inktank.com/enterprise/support/
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 4.3 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | None |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (curl) | RHSA-2015:2159 | 2015-11-19 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (curl) | RHSA-2015:1254 | 2015-07-20 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | curl | Will not fix |
| RHEV Manager 3 | mingw-virt-viewer | Will not fix |