ovirt-engine-sdk-python before 3.4.0.7 and 3.5.0.4 does not verify that the hostname of the remote endpoint matches the Common Name (CN)…

Description

ovirt-engine-sdk-python before 3.4.0.7 and 3.5.0.4 does not verify that the hostname of the remote endpoint matches the Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName as specified by its x.509 certificate in a TLS/SSL session. This could allow man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof remote endpoints via an arbitrary valid certificate.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.42% · top 64% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.9.

Weakness

• does not verify that the remote endpoint's hostname matches a domain name in the subject's CN or subjectAltName field of the x.509 certificate
• CWE-295 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-295 and its CVEs

Affected products

• ovirt-engine-sdk-python · ovirt-engine-sdk-python

  • affected before 3.4.0.7 and 3.5.0.4

Affected packages

From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.

• PyPIovirt-engine-sdk-pythonGHSA-wf9j-m9fv-92gq (opens in a new tab)

References (2)

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2014-0161 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-0161 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-wf9j-m9fv-92gq (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 09:05 UTC.