CVE-2013-7440
The ssl.match_hostname function in CPython (aka Python) before 2.7.9 and 3.x before 3.3.3 does not properly handle wildcards in hostnames, which might allow man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers via a crafted certificate.
- Score
- CVSS 3.0 5.9 Medium
- Status
- Modified - secalert@redhat.com
- Published
- 2016-06-07
- Last modified
- 2024-08-06
- Weaknesses
- CWE-19
Affected products
References
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q2/483
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q2/523
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74707
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1166
- https://bugs.python.org/issue17997
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1224999
- https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/10d0edadbcdd
