CVE-2013-2037
httplib2 0.7.2, 0.8, and earlier, after an initial connection is made, 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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.32%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
httplib2 0.7.2, 0.8, and earlier, after an initial connection is made, 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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.6 LOWAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.32% probability · 69th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- canonical/ubuntu linux · httplib2 project/httplib2
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=706602Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://code.google.com/p/httplib2/issues/detail?id=282Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q2/257Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52179Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1948-1Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/httplib2/+bug/1175272Exploit, Patch
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=706602Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://code.google.com/p/httplib2/issues/detail?id=282Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q2/257Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52179Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1948-1Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/httplib2/+bug/1175272Exploit, Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.