MGASA-2013-0250

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 0
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CVE-2013-4238
Published: 17 Aug 2013, 08:43
Last modified:16 Apr 2026, 06:22

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
0/100
CVSS Score
No data
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

17 Aug 2013, 08:43
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
16 Apr 2026, 06:22
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Updated python packages fix CVE-2013-4238 and pip Updated python packages fix security vulnerability: Ryan Sleevi of the Google Chrome Security Team has discovered that Python's SSL module doesn't handle NULL bytes inside subjectAltNames general names. This could lead to a breach when an application uses ssl.match_hostname() to match the hostname againt the certificate's subjectAltName's dNSName general names. (CVE-2013-4238). Additionally, an issue with installing Python packages with C extensions via pip and virtualenv has been fixed in Mageia 3 (mga#10102).

Affected Systems

  • mageia•python

    < 2.7.3-2.4.mga2

  • mageia•python

    < 2.7.5-1.2.mga3

References (4)