# CVE-2013-6418: 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 v

- Also known as: GHSA-F9Q5-46QG-74X4, PYSEC-2014-93
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.8.1
- Published: 2014-05-05 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- pywbem (PyPI): fixed in 0.8.1

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, pywbem, upgrade to a fixed version (0.8.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/531
- http://sourceforge.net/p/pywbem/mailman/message/31757312/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/58327
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64544
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
- https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2014/suse-su-20140580-1.html
- http://sourceforge.net/p/pywbem/code/627/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1039801

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