SB2014121206 - Input validation error in Python

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SB2014121206 - Input validation error in Python

Published: December 12, 2014 Updated: August 4, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2014121206
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9365)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

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. <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/295.html">CWE-295: Improper Certificate Validation</a>


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References