CVE-2013-6418

high

Description

PyWBEM 0.7 and earlier uses a separate connection to validate X.509 certificates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof a peer via an arbitrary certificate.

References

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2014/suse-su-20140580-1.html

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1039801

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64544

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html

http://sourceforge.net/p/pywbem/mailman/message/31757312/

http://sourceforge.net/p/pywbem/code/627/

http://secunia.com/advisories/58327

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/531

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-05-05

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 8.7

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N