CVE-2013-2073 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2014-05-02

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:transifex:transifex::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:transifex:transifex:0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:transifex:transifex:0.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:transifex:transifex:0.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:transifex:transifex:0.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:transifex:transifex:0.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:transifex:transifex:0.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:transifex:transifex:0.7:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2013-2052	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00152.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://blog.transifex.com/post/51072109836/new-version-of-the-transifex-client-has-been-released
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/22/14
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952194

History

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Subscriptions

Transifex Transifex

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2014-05-02T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T15:27:40.631Z

Reserved: 2013-02-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-2073

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-05-02T01:59:22.203

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2013-2073

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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