GHSA-PWX5-XG7G-WPC5

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 01:38 – Updated: 2024-11-18 22:57
VLAI?
Summary
Tweepy does not verify SSL Certificate
Details

Tweepy 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, related to use of the Python httplib library.

Severity ?
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
6.9 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "tweepy"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2012-5825"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-20"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2023-08-29T21:28:26Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2012-11-04T22:55:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "Tweepy does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject\u0027s 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, related to use of the Python httplib library.",
  "id": "GHSA-pwx5-xg7g-wpc5",
  "modified": "2024-11-18T22:57:06Z",
  "published": "2022-05-17T01:38:35Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5825"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/tweepy/tweepy/issues/279"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/tweepy/tweepy/pull/400"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79831"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tweepy/PYSEC-2012-17.yaml"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/tweepy/tweepy"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Tweepy does not verify SSL Certificate "
}


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