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
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http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1948-1 | Third Party Advisory |
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=706602 | Mailing List Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q2/257 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
http://code.google.com/p/httplib2/issues/detail?id=282 | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
https://bugs.launchpad.net/httplib2/+bug/1175272 | Exploit Patch |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52179 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
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Information
Published : 2014-01-18 13:55
Updated : 2018-12-06 12:53
NVD link : CVE-2013-2037
Mitre link : CVE-2013-2037
JSON object : View
CWE
CWE-20
Improper Input Validation
Products Affected
httplib2_project
- httplib2
canonical
- ubuntu_linux