CVE-2013-6444

pywbem: failure to check certificate hostname

Published May 5, 2014 CVSS 2.0 · 5.8 Medium EPSS 1.1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-0095 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-gh2c-6m38-c78j PyWBEM TOCTOU vulnerability in certificate validation
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00291}

epss

{'score': 0.00285}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 5:39 PM
Reserved
Nov 4, 2013, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
May 5, 2014, 5:06 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Dec 17, 2013, 12:00 AM