{ "document": { "aggregate_severity": { "namespace": "https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/", "text": "Low" }, "category": "csaf_security_advisory", "csaf_version": "2.0", "distribution": { "text": "Copyright © Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved.", "tlp": { "label": "WHITE", "url": "https://www.first.org/tlp/" } }, "lang": "en", "notes": [ { "category": "summary", "text": "An updated python-backports-ssl_match_hostname package that fixes one\nsecurity issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack\nPlatform 4.0.\n\nRed Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Low security\nimpact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which\ngives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the\nReferences section.", "title": "Topic" }, { "category": "general", "text": "The python-backports-ssl_match_hostname package provides RFC 6125 compliant\nwildcard matching.\n\nA denial of service flaw was found in the way Python's SSL module\nimplementation performed matching of certain certificate names. A remote\nattacker able to obtain a valid certificate that contained multiple\nwildcard characters could use this flaw to issue a request to validate such\na certificate, resulting in excessive consumption of CPU. (CVE-2013-2099)\n\nThis issue was discovered by Florian Weimer of Red Hat Product Security.\n\nAll python-backports-ssl_match_hostname users are advised to upgrade to\nthis updated package, which contains a backported patch to correct this\nissue.", "title": "Details" }, { "category": "legal_disclaimer", "text": "This content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). 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A remote attacker able to obtain a valid certificate that contained multiple wildcard characters could use this flaw to issue a request to validate such a certificate, resulting in excessive consumption of CPU.", "title": "Vulnerability description" }, { "category": "summary", "text": "python: ssl.match_hostname() DoS via certificates with specially crafted hostname wildcard patterns", "title": "Vulnerability summary" }, { "category": "other", "text": "This issue did not affect the versions of python as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 as the SSL module there did not implement the match_hostname() routine yet.", "title": "Statement" }, { "category": "general", "text": "The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.", "title": "CVSS score applicability" } ], "product_status": { "fixed": [ "6Server-RHOS-4.0:python-backports-ssl_match_hostname-0:3.4.0.2-1.el6.noarch", "6Server-RHOS-4.0:python-backports-ssl_match_hostname-0:3.4.0.2-1.el6.src" ] }, "references": [ { "category": "self", "summary": "Canonical URL", "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2099" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "RHBZ#963260", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=963260" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2099", "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2099" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2099", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2099" } ], "release_date": "2013-05-15T00:00:00+00:00", "remediations": [ { "category": "vendor_fix", "date": "2014-10-22T17:20:57+00:00", "details": "Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata\nrelevant to your system have been applied.\n\nThis update is available via the Red Hat Network. 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