Improper Certificate Validation in Twisted Web - CVE-2014-7143

 

Improper Certificate Validation in Twisted Web - CVE-2014-7143

Published: November 12, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU35100
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-7143
CWE-ID: CWE-295
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Twisted Matrix Labs
Affected software:
Twisted Web

Detailed vulnerability description

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

Python Twisted 14.0 trustRoot is not respected in HTTP client


How to mitigate CVE-2014-7143

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources