CVE-2013-7440
CVE-2013-7440
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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.
CVSS 5.9 · Medium · EPSS 1.9% · Fix available
- Published
- Updated
Stack: system
Affected products and versions
Original sources
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q2/483
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1166
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1224999
- https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/10d0edadbcdd
- https://bugs.python.org/issue17997
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74707
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q2/523
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-7440