VulnerabilityModified
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 field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary…
MEDIUM 5.8EPSS 0.92%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.92%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.92% probability · 58th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- pywbem project/pywbem
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/524
- http://sourceforge.net/p/pywbem/code/627/Vendor Advisory
- http://sourceforge.net/p/pywbem/mailman/message/31757312/
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64544
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1044246
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/524
- http://sourceforge.net/p/pywbem/code/627/Vendor Advisory
- http://sourceforge.net/p/pywbem/mailman/message/31757312/
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64544
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1044246
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.