CVE-2013-7110 Transifex command-line client has improper certificate validation

Medium 4.3 Published 2 May 2014 Updated 6 Aug 2024

Man-in-the-middle attackers can spoof Transifex servers due to missing X.509 certificate validation in the command-line client.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2013-7110?

CVE-2013-7110 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 May 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Transifex command-line client before 0.10 does not validate X.509 certificates for data transfer connections, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof a Transifex server via an arbitrary certificate. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-2073.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-7110?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including transifex-client. It affects 1 product.

Package	Affected	Fixed in
`transifex-client` PyPI	All versions	`0.10`
`transifex-client` PyPI	All versions	`0.10`
`transifex-client` PyPI	All versions	`0.11.0`

Products include Transifex Transifex.

How do I fix CVE-2013-7110?

Upgrade transifex-client to a fixed version for your release line: 0.10 or 0.11.0.

Is CVE-2013-7110 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-7110 in the wild and no public exploit code.

CVE-2013-2073 Security feature bypass in n/a Medium 4.3

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-7110, GHSA-jf99-2rj4-jxrm, PYSEC-2014-72, UBUNTU-CVE-2013-7110.