CVE-2012-5825

Description

Tweepy does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subjects 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, related to use of the Python httplib library.

Risk Information

Base Score

5.3

MODERATE

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

0.147

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Vulnerabilities CVE-2012-5825 are fixed in Python-tweepy 3.0	Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2012-5825 are fixed in Python-tweepy for linux 3.0	Linux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234