CVE-2013-7449 | BDVDB-2026-75358 Detail

Description#

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

https://github.com/hexchat/hexchat/commit/c9b63f7f9be01692b03fa15275135a4910a7e02d
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2945-1
https://github.com/hexchat/hexchat/issues/524
http://hexchat.readthedocs.org/en/latest/changelog.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1081839

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12016-04-21Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-06Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.