CVE-2013-6444

PyWBEM < 0.7 - Man-in-the-Middle Attack via Unverified X.509 Certificate

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1044246
Product mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://sourceforge.net/p/pywbem/mailman/message/31757312/
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/524
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64544
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://sourceforge.net/p/pywbem/code/627/

Scores

EPSS 0.0091
EPSS Percentile 55.7%

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (2)
pypi/pywbem 0 - 0.8.1PyPI
pywbem_project/pywbem < 0.7
Published May 05, 2014
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026