Vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X
CVE-2014-9365
The HTTP clients in the (1) httplib, (2) urllib, (3) urllib2, and (4) xmlrpclib libraries in CPython (aka Python) 2.x before 2.7.9 and 3.x before 3.4.3, when accessing an HTTPS URL, do not (a) check the certificate against a trust store or verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's (b) Common Name or (c) 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 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.030 (87.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 87.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.030 · newest: 0.030 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Mac OS X
- Python — versions 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.1
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1162 (vendor-advisory)
- www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0476/ (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/71639 (vdb-entry)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1166 (vendor-advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1868 (vendor-advisory)
- bugs.python.org/issue22417 (Exploit)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-10 (vendor-advisory)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.python.org/downloads/release/python-279/
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2014-9365?
- CVE-2014-9365 is a vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X. Published 2014-12-12.
- Is CVE-2014-9365 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.