CVE-2013-6418
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.8
Description
PyWBEM 0.7 and earlier uses a separate connection to validate X.509 certificates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof a peer via an arbitrary certificate.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | pywbem | <0.8.1 | 0.8.1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| pywbem_project | pywbem | {"endIncluding":"0.7"} | |
References
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/531
- http://secunia.com/advisories/58327
- http://sourceforge.net/p/pywbem/code/627/
- http://sourceforge.net/p/pywbem/mailman/message/31757312/
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64544
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1039801
- https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2014/suse-su-20140580-1.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6418
- https://github.com/pywbem/pywbem/commit/f7599379b26a685d772b2620a16316130f46c474
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pywbem/PYSEC-2014-93.yaml
- https://github.com/pywbem/pywbem
- https://web.archive.org/web/20161110005052/http://secunia.com/advisories/58327
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200228040356/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64544
- http://sourceforge.net/p/pywbem/code/627
- http://sourceforge.net/p/pywbem/mailman/message/31757312
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.