curl and libcurl 7.27.0 through 7.35.0, when using the SecureTransport/Darwinssl backend, as used in in Apple OS X 10.9.x before 10.9.2, 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.

New curl packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix security issues.

The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X that is older than 10.9.2. The newer version contains numerous security-related fixes for the following components :

  - Apache

  - ATS

  - Certificate Trust Policy

  - CoreAnimation

  - CoreText

  - curl

  - Data Security

  - Date and Time

  - File Bookmark

  - Finder

  - ImageIO

  - NVIDIA Drivers

  - PHP

  - QuickLook

  - QuickTime

An attacker could leverage the most serious of these issues to execute arbitrary code.

The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X 10.9.x that is prior to 10.9.2. This update contains several security-related fixes for the following components :

  - Apache
  - ATS
  - Certificate Trust Policy
  - CoreAnimation
  - CoreText
  - curl
  - Data Security
  - Date and Time
  - File Bookmark
  - Finder
  - ImageIO
  - NVIDIA Drivers
  - PHP
  - QuickLook
  - QuickTime

Note that successful exploitation of the most serious issues could result in arbitrary code execution.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
73247	Slackware 13.0 / 13.1 / 13.37 / 14.0 / 14.1 / current : curl (SSA:2014-086-01)	Nessus	Slackware Local Security Checks	medium
8138	Mac OS X < 10.9.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus Network Monitor	Web Clients	critical
72687	Mac OS X 10.9.x < 10.9.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	critical

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2014-1263

medium

Tenable Plugins

medium

critical

critical