CVE-2013-6396

Advisory

Swift 2.0.2 includes a fix for CVE-2013-6396: The OpenStack Python client library for Swift (python-swiftclient) 1.0 through 2.0.2 does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/python-swiftclient/+bug/1199783

Affected package

Affected versions

Fixed versions

Vulnerability changelog

The OpenStack Python client library for Swift (python-swiftclient) 1.0 through 1.9.0 does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate.


MLIST:[oss-security] 20140217 [OSSA 2014-005] Missing SSL certificate check in Python Swift client (CVE-2013-6396): http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/17/7
CONFIRM:https://bugs.launchpad.net/python-swiftclient/+bug/1199783: https://bugs.launchpad.net/python-swiftclient/+bug/1199783

Resources

• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-6396
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/17/7
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/python-swiftclient/+bug/1199783