VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2013-6418
PyWBEM 0.7 and earlier uses a separate connection to validate X.509 certificates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof a peer via an arbitrary certificate.
MEDIUM 5.8EPSS 1.79%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.79%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
PyWBEM 0.7 and earlier uses a separate connection to validate X.509 certificates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof a peer via an arbitrary certificate.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.79% probability · 77th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- pywbem project/pywbem
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/531
- http://secunia.com/advisories/58327
- http://sourceforge.net/p/pywbem/code/627/Vendor Advisory
- http://sourceforge.net/p/pywbem/mailman/message/31757312/
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64544
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1039801
- https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2014/suse-su-20140580-1.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/531
- http://secunia.com/advisories/58327
- http://sourceforge.net/p/pywbem/code/627/Vendor Advisory
- http://sourceforge.net/p/pywbem/mailman/message/31757312/
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64544
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1039801
- https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2014/suse-su-20140580-1.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.