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CVE-2013-6418

pywbem: TOCTOU vulnerability in certificate validation

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.8

CVSS 2.0

Review impact separately from score.

Published · December 17, 2013

Updated · January 8, 2026

Description

PyWBEM 0.7 and earlier uses a separate connection to validate X.509 certificates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof a peer via an arbitrary certificate.

Statement

Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 5.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CWE-367 · Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition