CVE-2013-2037 (GCVE-0-2013-2037)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-01-18 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 15:20
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Summary
httplib2 0.7.2, 0.8, and earlier, after an initial connection is made, does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.
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CWE
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2013-05-01 00:00
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