PT-2012-6134 · Python+1 · Urllib2+1

Published 2012-11-04 · Updated 2024-02-14 · CVE-2012-5822

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Zamboni (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to the contribution feature in Zamboni, which fails to verify the server hostname against the domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate. This allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers using any valid certificate. The problem is associated with the use of the Python urllib2 library.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Improper Certificate Validation

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-295

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-5822

Affected Products

Zamboni

Urllib2

References · 3

• 🔥 http://cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5822 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79929 · Note