CVE-2014-0138
curl: wrong re-use of connections in libcurl
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
Review impact separately from score.
Published · March 26, 2014
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
The default configuration in cURL and libcurl 7.10.6 before 7.36.0 re-uses (1) SCP, (2) SFTP, (3) POP3, (4) POP3S, (5) IMAP, (6) IMAPS, (7) SMTP, (8) SMTPS, (9) LDAP, and (10) LDAPS connections, which might allow context-dependent attackers to connect as other users via a request, a similar issue to CVE-2014-0015.
Statement
This issue affects the version of curl as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 7. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact, a future update may address this flaw.
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CWE not specified