CVE-2013-4314 (GCVE-0-2013-4314)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-09-30 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 16:38
VLAI
Summary
The X509Extension in pyOpenSSL before 0.13.1 does not properly handle a '\0' character in a domain name in the Subject Alternative Name field of an X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL servers via a crafted certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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https://mail.python.org/pipermail/pyopenssl-users… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1005325 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-1… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/06/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1965-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
Date Public
2013-09-04 00:00
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