CVE-2013-7449

Summary

CVECVE-2013-7449
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-04-21 14:59:00 UTC
Updated2021-07-20 14:36:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-310

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.10 All All All
Application Hexchat Hexchat All All All All
Application Hexchat Project Hexchat All All All All
Application Xchat Xchat - All All All
Application Xchat Xchat - All All All
Application Xchat Xchat Gnome - All All All
Application Xchat Xchat Gnome - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ssl: Validate hostnames · hexchat/hexchat@c9b63f7 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
1081839 – (CVE-2013-7449) CVE-2013-7449 xchat/hexchat: does not verify the server hostname matches the domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field in X.509 certificates CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
USN-2945-1: XChat-GNOME vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
SSL: The certificate's Common Name (CN) field is not verified · Issue #524 · hexchat/hexchat · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
HexChat ChangeLog — HexChat 2.9.5 documentation CONFIRM hexchat.readthedocs.org Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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