CVE-2013-6418

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-6418
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-05-05 17:06:04 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionPyWBEM 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Pywbem Project Pywbem All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-sec: Re: CVE already assigned for 1026891? af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
Security Advisory SA58327 - SUSE update for python-pywbem - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
PyWBEM / Code / Commit [r627] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net Vendor Advisory
SUSE-SU-2014:0580-1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.suse.com
1039801 – (CVE-2013-6418) CVE-2013-6418 pywbem: TOCTOU vulnerability in certificate validation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Oracle Solaris Bulletin - January 2016 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
PyWBEM Man In The Middle Multiple Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
PyWBEM / [pywbem-devel] TOCTOU issue (time of check, time of use) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net
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