PT-2014-3101 · Openstack · Python-Swiftclient

Thomas Leaman + 1 · Published 2014-02-18 · Updated 2022-05-17 · CVE-2013-6396

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v4.0

9.3

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions python-swiftclient versions 1.0 through 1.9.0 python-swiftclient versions 1.0 through 2.0.1

Description The issue concerns the failure of the python-swiftclient to verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers. This allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate.

Recommendations For python-swiftclient versions 1.0 through 1.9.0, update to version 2.0.2 or later to resolve the issue. For python-swiftclient versions 1.0 through 2.0.1, update to version 2.0.2 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Improper Certificate Validation

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-295

CWE-310

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-6396

GHSA-P3XV-97G8-4WMJ

PYSEC-2014-12

Affected Products

Python-Swiftclient

References · 16

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-6396 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-6396 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6396 · Security Note
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/python-swiftclient/+bug/1199783 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6396 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-6396 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6396 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-p3xv-97g8-4wmj · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-6396 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2014-12 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/openstack/python-swiftclient/commit/b182112719ab87942472e44aa3446ea0eb19a289 · Note
• https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/python-swiftclient/PYSEC-2014-12.yaml · Note
• https://github.com/chmouel/python-swiftclient · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/17/7 · Note
• http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2014-February/000198.html · Note