GHSA-gh2c-6m38-c78j

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gh2c-6m38-c78j
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-gh2c-6m38-c78j/GHSA-gh2c-6m38-c78j.json
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https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-gh2c-6m38-c78j
Aliases
Published
2022-05-17T03:46:27Z
Modified
2024-10-16T21:08:10.222097Z
Severity
  • 6.3 (Medium) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
PyWBEM TOCTOU vulnerability in certificate validation
Details

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.

Database specific
{
    "nvd_published_at": "2014-05-05T17:06:00Z",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-20"
    ],
    "severity": "MODERATE",
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2024-04-29T16:26:08Z"
}
References

Affected packages

PyPI / pywbem

Package

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.8.1

Affected versions

0.*

0.7.0