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title: "CVE-2013-2073\n    | Ubuntu"
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-2073?format=md
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# CVE-2013-2073

Publication date 2 May 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Transifex command-line client before 0.9 does not validate X.509
certificates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof a Transifex
server via an arbitrary certificate.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| transifex-client | 17.04 zesty | Not affected |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.10 utopic | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 13.10 saucy | Not affected |
| 13.04 raring | Ignored end of life |
| 12.10 quantal | Ignored end of life |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-2073?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| transifex-client | * Upstream:   [e24ea95](https://github.com/transifex/transifex-client/commit/e24ea954373874962f22f63a7311d04d6ff56d84) * Upstream:   [f237dd7](https://github.com/transifex/transifex-client/commit/f237dd7d3f4f08be7160f32eb99edafe2769aad1) * Upstream:   [5246f18](https://github.com/transifex/transifex-client/commit/5246f188b0abcc1a4c20894fcab88f7a6cd6cfd9) * Upstream:   [ad29a9d](https://github.com/transifex/transifex-client/commit/ad29a9dbe869e0c7d861826a82c9ce2f022face4) |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-2073)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2073)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-2073)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-2073)

### Other references

* <http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q2/394>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2073>