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CVE-2013-7440

Published: Jun 07, 2016 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
5.9
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
4 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-7440
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/19.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
PythonPython*2.7.8 (including)
Red Hat Satellite 6.0RedHatpython-httplib2-0:0.7.2-1.el6*
Red Hat Satellite 6.0RedHatpython-httplib2-0:0.7.2-1.el6*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatpython27-0:1.1-25.el6*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatpython27-numpy-1:1.7.1-10.el6*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatpython27-python-0:2.7.8-16.el6*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatpython27-python-docutils-0:0.11-2.el6*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatpython27-python-pip-0:7.1.0-2.el6*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatpython27-python-pymongo-0:3.2.1-1.el6*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatpython27-python-virtualenv-0:13.1.0-1.el6*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatpython27-PyYAML-0:3.10-14.el6*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatpython27-scipy-0:0.12.1-3.el6*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSRedHatpython27-0:1.1-25.el6*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSRedHatpython27-numpy-1:1.7.1-10.el6*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSRedHatpython27-python-0:2.7.8-16.el6*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSRedHatpython27-python-docutils-0:0.11-2.el6*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSRedHatpython27-python-pip-0:7.1.0-2.el6*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSRedHatpython27-python-pymongo-0:3.2.1-1.el6*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSRedHatpython27-python-virtualenv-0:13.1.0-1.el6*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSRedHatpython27-PyYAML-0:3.10-14.el6*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSRedHatpython27-scipy-0:0.12.1-3.el6*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUSRedHatpython27-0:1.1-25.el6*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUSRedHatpython27-numpy-1:1.7.1-10.el6*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUSRedHatpython27-python-0:2.7.8-16.el6*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUSRedHatpython27-python-docutils-0:0.11-2.el6*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUSRedHatpython27-python-pip-0:7.1.0-2.el6*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUSRedHatpython27-python-pymongo-0:3.2.1-1.el6*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUSRedHatpython27-python-virtualenv-0:13.1.0-1.el6*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUSRedHatpython27-PyYAML-0:3.10-14.el6*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUSRedHatpython27-scipy-0:0.12.1-3.el6*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatpython27-0:1.1-25.el7*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatpython27-numpy-1:1.7.1-10.el7*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatpython27-python-0:2.7.8-14.el7*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatpython27-python-pip-0:7.1.0-2.el7*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatpython27-python-pymongo-0:3.2.1-1.el7*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatpython27-python-virtualenv-0:13.1.0-1.el7*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatpython27-PyYAML-0:3.10-14.el7*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatpython27-scipy-0:0.12.1-4.el7*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 EUSRedHatpython27-0:1.1-25.el7*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 EUSRedHatpython27-numpy-1:1.7.1-10.el7*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 EUSRedHatpython27-python-0:2.7.8-14.el7*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 EUSRedHatpython27-python-pip-0:7.1.0-2.el7*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 EUSRedHatpython27-python-pymongo-0:3.2.1-1.el7*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 EUSRedHatpython27-python-virtualenv-0:13.1.0-1.el7*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 EUSRedHatpython27-PyYAML-0:3.10-14.el7*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 EUSRedHatpython27-scipy-0:0.12.1-4.el7*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 EUSRedHatpython27-0:1.1-25.el7*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 EUSRedHatpython27-numpy-1:1.7.1-10.el7*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 EUSRedHatpython27-python-0:2.7.8-14.el7*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 EUSRedHatpython27-python-pip-0:7.1.0-2.el7*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 EUSRedHatpython27-python-pymongo-0:3.2.1-1.el7*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 EUSRedHatpython27-python-virtualenv-0:13.1.0-1.el7*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 EUSRedHatpython27-PyYAML-0:3.10-14.el7*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 EUSRedHatpython27-scipy-0:0.12.1-4.el7*
Python3.2Ubuntuprecise*

References

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