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PYSEC-2012-17

Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2012-11-04 22:55 - Updated: 2021-08-27 03:22

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.

Impacted products

Name	purl
tweepy	pkg:pypi/tweepy

Aliases

CVE-2012-5825

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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "tweepy",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/tweepy"
      },
      "ranges": [
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          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.3.1"
            }
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "versions": [
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        "1.10",
        "1.11",
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        "1.13",
        "1.2",
        "1.3",
        "1.4",
        "1.5",
        "1.6",
        "1.7.1",
        "1.8",
        "1.9",
        "2.0",
        "2.1",
        "2.2",
        "2.3",
        "2.3.0"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2012-5825"
  ],
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  "id": "PYSEC-2012-17",
  "modified": "2021-08-27T03:22:49.526995Z",
  "published": "2012-11-04T22:55:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79831"
    }
  ]
}

CVE-2012-5825 (GCVE-0-2012-5825)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-11-04 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 21:21

Summary

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

URL

Tags

	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit…	vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
	http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf	x_refsource_MISC

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

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Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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Action not permitted

PYSEC-2012-17

CVE-2012-5825 (GCVE-0-2012-5825)

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