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title: "CVE-2013-6444\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-6444

Publication date 5 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

PyWBEM 0.7 and earlier does not verify that the server hostname matches a
domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of
the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof
SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| pywbem | 18.10 cosmic | Fixed 0.8.0~dev650-1 |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Fixed 0.8.0~dev650-1 |
| 17.10 artful | Ignored end of life |
| 17.04 zesty | Ignored end of life |
| 16.10 yakkety | Ignored end of life |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Fixed 0.8.0~dev650-1 |
| 15.10 wily | Ignored end of life |
| 15.04 vivid | Ignored end of life |
| 14.10 utopic | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 0.7.0-4ubuntu1~14.04.1 |
| 13.10 saucy | Ignored end of life |
| 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 | Ignored end of life |

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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)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-6444)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6444)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-6444)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6444)

### Other references

* <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-6444>
* <http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/524>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6444>
