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CVE-2012-5825PYSEC-2012-17GHSA-PWX5-XG7G-WPC5

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

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 2.3.1, 3.0
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

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.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • n/a n/a

    Version range not reported

  • tweepyPyPI

    fixed in 2.3.1

  • tweepyPyPI

    fixed in 3.0

References 2

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com

cs.utexas.edu