PT-2013-4915 · Python +3 · Python +3

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Python versions 2.6 through 3.4 Description: The issue arises from the ssl.match hostname function in the SSL module, which fails to properly handle a '0' character in a domain name in the Subject Alternative Name field of an X.509 certificat...

ruby: hostname check bypassing vulnerability in SSL client

The OpenSSL::SSL.verifycertificateidentity function in lib/openssl/ssl.rb in Ruby 1.8 before 1.8.7-p374, 1.9 before 1.9.3-p448, and 2.0 before 2.0.0-p247 does not properly handle a '\0' character in a domain name in the Subject Alternative Name field of an X.509 certificate, which allows...

ruby: hostname check bypassing vulnerability in SSL client

The OpenSSL::SSL.verifycertificateidentity function in lib/openssl/ssl.rb in Ruby 1.8 before 1.8.7-p374, 1.9 before 1.9.3-p448, and 2.0 before 2.0.0-p247 does not properly handle a '\0' character in a domain name in the Subject Alternative Name field of an X.509 certificate, which allows...

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