cve-2024-2379
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-03-27 07:56
Modified
2025-02-13 17:39
Severity ?
6.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Summary
QUIC certificate check bypass with wolfSSL
References
2499f714-1537-4658-8207-48ae4bb9eae9http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/18Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
2499f714-1537-4658-8207-48ae4bb9eae9http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/19Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
2499f714-1537-4658-8207-48ae4bb9eae9http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/20Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
2499f714-1537-4658-8207-48ae4bb9eae9http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/27/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
2499f714-1537-4658-8207-48ae4bb9eae9https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2024-2379.htmlVendor Advisory
2499f714-1537-4658-8207-48ae4bb9eae9https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2024-2379.jsonVendor Advisory
2499f714-1537-4658-8207-48ae4bb9eae9https://hackerone.com/reports/2410774Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
2499f714-1537-4658-8207-48ae4bb9eae9https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240531-0001/Third Party Advisory
2499f714-1537-4658-8207-48ae4bb9eae9https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214118Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
2499f714-1537-4658-8207-48ae4bb9eae9https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214119Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
2499f714-1537-4658-8207-48ae4bb9eae9https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214120Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/18Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/19Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/20Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/27/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2024-2379.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2024-2379.jsonVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://hackerone.com/reports/2410774Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240531-0001/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214118Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214119Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214120Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
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curlcurl
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