Tweepy 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 s…
High CVSS 7.4
Summary
Tweepy 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, related to use of the Python httplib library.
In-depth triage
No in-depth report has been generated yet (DR-003 v2 AI pipeline is under construction).
Affected products
- :
Sources
- NVD DATABASE
Original Links
- http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79831 Permissions Required
- http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79831 Permissions Required
Timeline
- nvd_ingest NVD