VulnerabilityModified
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 in the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an…
MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 0.76%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.76%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.76% probability · 53th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-310
- Affected
- canonical/ubuntu linux · xchat/xchat · xchat/xchat gnome · hexchat project/hexchat
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- 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
- 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
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.