CVE-2023-37920
Publication date 25 July 2023
Last updated 24 July 2024
Ubuntu priority
Cvss 3 Severity Score
Certifi is a curated collection of Root Certificates for validating the trustworthiness of SSL certificates while verifying the identity of TLS hosts. Certifi prior to version 2023.07.22 recognizes "e-Tugra" root certificates. e-Tugra's root certificates were subject to an investigation prompted by reporting of security issues in their systems. Certifi 2023.07.22 removes root certificates from "e-Tugra" from the root store.
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Why is this CVE negligible priority?
python-certifi in Debian and Ubuntu is patched to use the system CA certificates
Status
Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
---|---|---|
python-certifi | ||
22.04 LTS jammy | Ignored see notes | |
20.04 LTS focal | Ignored see notes | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored see notes | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored see notes | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
python-pip | ||
22.04 LTS jammy | Ignored see notes | |
20.04 LTS focal | Ignored see notes | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored see notes | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored see notes | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored see notes |
Notes
mdeslaur
the python-pip package bundles python-certifi binaries when built. After updating python-certifi, a no-change rebuild of python-pip is required.
sbeattie
python-certifi in Debian and Ubuntu is patched to use the system CA certificates
mdeslaur
While the cacert.pem file is shipped in binary packages, it is not used in any way, the actual application is patched to use the system ca-certificates. There is a Debian bug filed to remove the cert store here: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=947287
seth-arnold
I'm marking this 'ignored', we don't wish to give the impression that this certificate bundle is supported.
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 9.8 · Critical |
Attack vector | Network |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | High |
Integrity impact | High |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |