Tweepy does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate, related to use of the Python httplib library.
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2012-11-04T22:00:00
Updated: 2017-08-28T12:57:01
Reserved: 2012-11-04T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2012-5825
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NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2012-11-04T22:55:04.997
Modified: 2017-08-29T01:32:47.290
Link: CVE-2012-5825
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