CVE-2013-1909
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
The Python client in Apache Qpid before 2.2 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.
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CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 4.3 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | None |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat MRG Grid for RHEL 6 Server v.2 (python-qpid) | RHSA-2013:1024 | 2013-07-11 |
| Red Hat MRG Grid Execute Node for RHEL 6 ComputeNode v.2 (python-qpid) | RHSA-2013:1024 | 2013-07-11 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | python-qpid | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | python-qpid | Fix deferred |
| Red Hat CloudForms Tools 1 | python-qpid | Will not fix |
Acknowledgements
This issue was discovered by Petr Matousek of the Red Hat MRG Messaging team.External References
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