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CVE-2012-5825

Date: November 4, 2012

Tweepy 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, related to use of the Python httplib library.

Severity Score

Related Resources (8)

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79831
https://github.com/tweepy/tweepy/issues/279
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tweepy/PYSEC-2012-17.yaml
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5825
https://github.com/tweepy/tweepy
https://github.com/tweepy/tweepy/pull/400
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2012-5825

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Input Validation

CWE-20

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): NONE
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