httplib2 0.7.2, 0.8, and earlier, after an initial connection is made, 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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-0021 httplib2 0.7.2, 0.8, and earlier, after an initial connection is made, 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-q48q-77qv-cf9p httplib2 incorrectly checks SSL certificate
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1948-1 httplib2 vulnerability
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T15:20:37.503Z

Reserved: 2013-02-19T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2013-2037

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2014-01-18T21:55:03.503

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2013-2037

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2013-05-01T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2013-2037 - Bugzilla

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