CVE-2013-2037
Canonical Ubuntu Linux < 0.7.2 - Improper Input Validation
Title source: ruleDescription
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.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1948-1
Exploit, Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.launchpad.net/httplib2/+bug/1175272
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q2/257
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://code.google.com/p/httplib2/issues/detail?id=282
Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=706602
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52179
Scores
EPSS
0.0132
EPSS Percentile
67.6%
Details
CWE
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (7)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
10.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
12.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
12.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux
13.04
httplib2_project/httplib2
0.8
httplib2_project/httplib2
< 0.7.2
pypi/httplib2
0 - 0.10.1PyPI
Published
Jan 18, 2014
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026