CVE-2014-9365 Affecting python2.7 package, versions <2.7.9-1
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- published 12 Dec 2014
- disclosed 12 Dec 2014
Introduced: 12 Dec 2014
CVE-2014-9365 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:9
python2.7
to version 2.7.9-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python2.7
package and not the python2.7
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:9
relevant fixed versions and status.
The HTTP clients in the (1) httplib, (2) urllib, (3) urllib2, and (4) xmlrpclib libraries in CPython (aka Python) 2.x before 2.7.9 and 3.x before 3.4.3, when accessing an HTTPS URL, do not (a) check the certificate against a trust store or verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's (b) Common Name or (c) subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9365
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html
- http://bugs.python.org/issue22417
- https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0476/
- https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-279/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-10
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/11/1
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1166
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1162
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1868
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71639
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-9365