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CVE-2013-6444

pywbem: failure to check certificate hostname

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.8

CVSS 2.0

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Published · December 17, 2013

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

PyWBEM 0.7 and earlier 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.

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-297 · Improper Validation of Certificate with Host Mismatch