CVE-2015-2674: Restkit Does Not Validate TLS certificates

May 17, 2022 (updated October 21, 2024)

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.

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1202837
github.com/advisories/GHSA-p9cv-hrxr-fxx8
github.com/benoitc/restkit
github.com/benoitc/restkit/issues/140
github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/restkit/PYSEC-2017-69.yaml
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2674

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