CVE-2013-7449
medium
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.5
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2.10.2-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2.10.2-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2.10.2-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2.10.2-1 |
| ubuntu | 12.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 14.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 15.10 | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| xchat | xchat | - | |
| xchat | xchat_gnome | - | |
| hexchat_project | hexchat | {"endIncluding":"2.10.1"} | |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-7449.html
- http://hexchat.readthedocs.org/en/latest/changelog.html
- 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
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-7449
CWEs
CWE-310
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.