PT-2017-10907 · Nvidia · Nv-Websocket-Client

Blunden · Published 2017-11-17 · Updated 2022-05-17 · CVE-2017-1000209

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions nv-websocket-client (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue concerns a failure 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/TLS servers using any valid certificate.

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

Improper Certificate Validation

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-295

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-1000209

GHSA-4HXV-95RC-JQG7

Affected Products

Nv-Websocket-Client

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-4hxv-95rc-jqg7 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-1000209 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000209 · Security Note
• https://github.com/TakahikoKawasaki/nv-websocket-client/pull/107 · Note