DEBIAN-CVE-2013-7440

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Source

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-7440

Import Source

https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-7440.json

JSON Data

https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-7440

Upstream

CVE-2013-7440

Published

2016-06-07T18:59:00Z

Modified

2025-09-19T06:23:49Z

Summary

[none]

Details

The ssl.match_hostname function in CPython (aka Python) before 2.7.9 and 3.x before 3.3.3 does not properly handle wildcards in hostnames, which might allow man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers via a crafted certificate.

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-7440

Affected packages

Debian:11 / python2.7

Package

Name: python2.7
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/python2.7?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.7.9-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}