medium6.5
CVE-2013-7449
The ssl_do_connect function in common/server.c in HexChat before 2.10.2, XChat, and XChat-GNOME does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name …
Impact
The ssl_do_connect function in common/server.c in HexChat before 2.10.2, XChat, and XChat-GNOME does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | Versions 12.04, 14.04, 15.10 |
| Xchat | Xchat | All versions |
| Xchat | Xchat Gnome | All versions |
| Hexchat Project | Hexchat | through 2.10.1 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://hexchat.readthedocs.org/en/latest/changelog.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2945-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1081839
- https://github.com/hexchat/hexchat/commit/c9b63f7f9be01692b03fa15275135a4910a7e02d
- https://github.com/hexchat/hexchat/issues/524
- http://hexchat.readthedocs.org/en/latest/changelog.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2945-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1081839
- https://github.com/hexchat/hexchat/commit/c9b63f7f9be01692b03fa15275135a4910a7e02d
- https://github.com/hexchat/hexchat/issues/524