CVE-2013-7440

Description

The ssl.match_hostname function in CPython (aka Python) before 2.7.9 and 3.x before 3.3.3 does not properly handle wildcards in hostnames, which might allow man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers via a crafted certificate.

References

https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/10d0edadbcdd

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1224999

https://bugs.python.org/issue17997

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1166

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74707

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q2/523

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q2/483

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3