#VU33825 Input validation error in Python - CVE-2014-9365 

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#VU33825 Input validation error in Python - CVE-2014-9365

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU33825
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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-2014-9365
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Python
Software vendor:
Python.org

Description

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.

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