CVE-2014-9365 | BDVDB-2026-66769 Detail
Description#
The HTTP clients in the (1) httplib, (2) urllib, (3) urllib2, and (4) xmlrpclib libraries in CPython (aka Python) 2.x before 2.7.9 and 3.x before 3.4.3, when accessing an HTTPS URL, do not (a) check the certificate against a trust store or verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's (b) Common Name or (c) subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1162
- https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0476/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71639
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1166
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1868
- http://bugs.python.org/issue22417
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-10
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html
- https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-279/
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/11/1
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.