CVE-2017-7468

MEDIUM

libcurl 7.52.0-7.53.1 - TLS Session Resumption with Changed Client Certificate

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In curl and libcurl 7.52.0 to and including 7.53.1, libcurl would attempt to resume a TLS session even if the client certificate had changed. That is unacceptable since a server by specification is allowed to skip the client certificate check on resume, and may instead use the old identity which was established by the previous certificate (or no certificate). libcurl supports by default the use of TLS session id/ticket to resume previous TLS sessions to speed up subsequent TLS handshakes. They are used when for any reason an existing TLS connection couldn't be kept alive to make the next handshake faster. This flaw is a regression and identical to CVE-2016-5419 reported on August 3rd 2016, but affecting a different version range.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-7468
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-14
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038341
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20170419.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97962

Scores

CVSS v3 4.8
EPSS 0.0054
EPSS Percentile 67.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-295
Status published
Products (1)
haxx/libcurl 7.52.0 - 7.53.1
Published Jul 16, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026