GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI

GHSA-gh2c-6m38-c78j PyWBEM TOCTOU vulnerability in certificate validation

MEDIUM Published 2022-05-17 Modified 2024-10-16 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2013-6444
Ecosystem
PyPI
Packages
pywbem
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weaknesses
CWE-20
Reviewed
2024-04-29

Affected packages

• PyPI pywbem: < 0.8.1 → fixed in 0.8.1

Description

PyWBEM 0.7 and earlier 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, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2013-6444 PyWBEM 0.7 and earlier does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References