CVE-2016-9015

Versions 1.17 and 1.18 of the Python urllib3 library suffer from a vulnerability that can cause them, in certain configurations, to not correctly validate TLS certificates. This places users of the library with those configurations at risk of man-in-the-middle and information leakage attacks. This vulnerability affects users using versions 1.17 and 1.18 of the urllib3 library, who are using the optional PyOpenSSL support for TLS instead of the regular standard library TLS backend, and who are using OpenSSL 1.1.0 via PyOpenSSL. This is an extremely uncommon configuration, so the security impact of this vulnerability is low.
References
Link Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/27/6 Mailing List Mitigation
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93941 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/27/6 Mailing List Mitigation
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93941 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:python:urllib3:1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:urllib3:1.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 03:00

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/27/6 - Mailing List, Mitigation () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/27/6 - Mailing List, Mitigation
References () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93941 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93941 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Information

Published : 2017-01-11 16:59

Updated : 2024-11-21 03:00


NVD link : CVE-2016-9015

Mitre link : CVE-2016-9015

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-9015


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Products Affected

python

  • urllib3
CWE
CWE-295

Improper Certificate Validation