CVE-2013-2037
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
Ubuntu Affected 4 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 13.04 | Affected | — |
| 12.10 | Affected | — |
| 12.04 | Affected | — |
| 10.04 | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 0.8-2 |
| sid | Fixed | 0.8-2 |
| forky | Fixed | 0.8-2 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 0.8-2 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 0.8-2 |
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=706602
- http://code.google.com/p/httplib2/issues/detail?id=282
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q2/257
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52179
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1948-1
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/httplib2/+bug/1175272
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2037
- https://github.com/httplib2/httplib2/issues/5
- https://github.com/httplib2/httplib2/commit/40cbdcc8586f2292fa0e76a3e8c012f0cc9ed919
- https://github.com/httplib2/httplib2
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/httplib2/PYSEC-2014-81.yaml
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200228052625/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52179
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-2037
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.