GitHub Advisory DatabaseGHSA-GH2C-6M38-C78JPyWBEM TOCTOU vulnerability in certificate validation
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
54.7%
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.
Affected configurations
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| pywbem_project | pywbem | * | cpe:2.3:a:pywbem_project:pywbem:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
References
seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/524
sourceforge.net/p/pywbem/code/627
sourceforge.net/p/pywbem/mailman/message/31757312
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1044246
github.com/advisories/GHSA-gh2c-6m38-c78j
github.com/pywbem/pywbem/commit/f7599379b26a685d772b2620a16316130f46c474
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6444
web.archive.org/web/20200228035408/https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64544
Related
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
54.7%