CVE-2007-6746
telepathy-idle before 0.1.15 does not verify (1) that the issuer is a trusted CA, (2) that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN), or (3) the expiration date of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.95%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
telepathy-idle before 0.1.15 does not verify (1) that the issuer is a trusted CA, (2) that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN), or (3) the expiration date of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.95% probability · 59th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- canonical/telepathy-idle · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/104397.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00052.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/53361Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/24/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59474
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1821-1
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=63810
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/104397.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00052.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/53361Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/24/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59474
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1821-1
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=63810
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.