chmouel/python-swiftclient · Security
Python Swift client is vulnerable to Missing SSL Certificate Check
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-p3xv-97g8-4wmj
- CVE ID
- CVE-2013-6396
- Severity
- critical
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 9.1 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CVSS v3
- 9.1 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CVSS v4
- 9.3 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Description
The OpenStack Python client library for Swift (python-swiftclient) from 1.0 before 2.0 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.
CWEs
- CWE-295 · Improper Certificate Validation
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6396 ↗
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/python-swiftclient/+bug/1199783 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/17/7 ↗
- https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/python-swiftclient/+/69187 ↗
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/python-swiftclient/PYSEC-2014-12.yaml ↗
- https://github.com/openstack/python-swiftclient/commit/b182112719ab87942472e44aa3446ea0eb19a289 ↗
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p3xv-97g8-4wmj ↗