CVE - CVE-2013-7449

CVE-ID
CVE-2013-7449	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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CONFIRM:http://hexchat.readthedocs.org/en/latest/changelog.html CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1081839 CONFIRM:https://github.com/hexchat/hexchat/commit/c9b63f7f9be01692b03fa15275135a4910a7e02d CONFIRM:https://github.com/hexchat/hexchat/issues/524 UBUNTU:USN-2945-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2945-1
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20160406	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20160406)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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