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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

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 EPSS 0.00171
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Affected Products & Versions

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canonical ubuntu linuxall versions
xchatall versions
xchat gnomeall versions
hexchat project hexchat<= 2.10.1
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Scoring & Timeline

6.5
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.0 · cve@mitre.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD21 Apr 2016 · 02:59 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://hexchat.readthedocs.org/en/latest/changelog.htmlVendor Advisory
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
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