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CVE-2013-2037
httplib2 0.7.2, 0.8, and earlier, after an initial connection is made, does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in…
Low2.6EPSS 1.3%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
httplib2 0.7.2, 0.8, and earlier, after an initial connection is made, 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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.3% · top 29% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.6.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIhttplib2GHSA-q48q-77qv-cf9p (opens in a new tab)
References (6)
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/httplib2/+bug/1175272 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20130501 Re: CVE Request: httplib2 ssl cert incorrect error handling (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://code.google.com/p/httplib2/issues/detail?id=282 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-1948-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=706602 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 52179 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-q48q-77qv-cf9p (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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