CVE-2013-7440
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-06-07 18:00
Modified
2024-08-06 18:09
Severity ?
Summary
The ssl.match_hostname function in CPython (aka Python) before 2.7.9 and 3.x before 3.3.3 does not properly handle wildcards in hostnames, which might allow man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers via a crafted certificate.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q2/483
secalert@redhat.comhttp://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q2/523
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74707
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1166
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugs.python.org/issue17997
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1224999
secalert@redhat.comhttps://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/10d0edadbcdd
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