Cryptographic issues in Swift - CVE-2013-6396
Published: February 18, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42022
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-6396
CWE-ID: CWE-310
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Apple Inc.
Affected software:
Swift
Swift
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-6396
Install update from vendor's website.