UBUNTU-CVE-2013-6396

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2013-6396

    Published: 18 Feb 2014Last Modified: 16 Jul 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2013-6396

    Summary:

    Details: The OpenStack Python client library for Swift (python-swiftclient) 1.0 through 1.9.0 does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-6396, http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2014-February/000198.html, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6396

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: python-swiftclient

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/python-swiftclient@1:2.0.3-0ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:2.0.3-0ubuntu1

    Affected versions

    1:1.6.0-0ubuntu1

    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
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