CVE-2015-2674
Restkit allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof TLS servers by leveraging use of the ssl.wrap_socket function in Python with the default CERT_NONE value for the cert_reqs argument.
02 Description
Restkit allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof TLS servers by leveraging use of the ssl.wrap_socket function in Python with the default CERT_NONE value for the cert_reqs argument.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.36% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 71.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.9 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-08-09 18:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 05:24Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-03-23
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-295Improper Certificate ValidationBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- bfd9390e70f078bba43c519b14739510b85e5835423a4bd185f3f037d4498cfc
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150323 Re: Assign a CVE for Python's restkit Pleasehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/23/7
- github.comhttps://github.com/benoitc/restkit/issues/140
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1202837
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- python-restkit No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- python-restkit No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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