PYSEC-2014-94

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    PYSEC-2014-94

    Published: 5 May 2014Last Modified: 10 Jun 2026

    Summary:

    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.

    References: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1044246, http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/524, http://sourceforge.net/p/pywbem/mailman/message/31757312/, http://sourceforge.net/p/pywbem/code/627/, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64544, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gh2c-6m38-c78j

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: pywbem

    Purl: pkg:pypi/pywbem

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.8.1

    Affected versions

    0.7.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    PYSEC-2014-94 | CVE-DB