Authentication Bypass Affecting pyopenssl package, versions [,0.13.1)


0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.15% (52nd percentile)
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NVD
4.3 medium
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Red Hat
4.3 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-PYTHON-PYOPENSSL-42043
  • published 22 Jan 2018
  • disclosed 6 Sep 2013
  • credit Unknown

Overview

pyOpenSSL is a Python wrapper module around the OpenSSL library .

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Hostname Check Bypass. It implemented hostname identity checks but it did not properly handle hostnames in a certificate that contained null bytes.