CVE-2014-3613
curl: incorrect handling of IP addresses in cookie domain
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · September 10, 2014
Updated · June 27, 2026
Description
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.
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 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:N/I:P/A:N
CWE-1389 · Incorrect Parsing of Numbers with Different Radices