CVE-2013-7440

Description

The ssl.match_hostname function in CPython (aka Python) before 2.7.9 and 3.x before 3.3.3 does not properly handle wildcards in hostnames, which might allow man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers via a crafted certificate.

Risk Information

Base Score

5.9

MODERATE

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

0.358

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
SUSE-SU-2015:1651-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP3 ) python-setuptools-0.6c11-6.1.x86_64.rpm	Linux

Patch Details

No records found

References

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