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 arbitrary valid certificate.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 5.8 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 2.5

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

5.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 4.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://hexchat.readthedocs.org/en/latest/changelog.html	Vendor 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

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:::::::*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:xchat:xchat:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:xchat:xchat_gnome:-:::::::*

Configuration 3 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:hexchat_project:hexchat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

20 Jul 2021, 14:36

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE	cpe:2.3:a:hexchat:hexchat::::::::	cpe:2.3:a:hexchat_project:hexchat::::::::

Information

Published : 2016-04-21 14:59

Updated : 2023-12-10 11:46

NVD link : CVE-2013-7449

Mitre link : CVE-2013-7449

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2013-7449

JSON object : View

Products Affected

xchat

xchat_gnome
xchat

canonical

ubuntu_linux

hexchat_project

hexchat

CWE

CWE-310

Cryptographic Issues

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