Cryptographic Issues The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package xchat  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1710-XCHAT-633405
  • published21 Apr 2016
  • disclosed21 Apr 2016

Introduced: 21 Apr 2016

CVE-2013-7449  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-310  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:17.10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream xchat package and not the xchat package as distributed by Ubuntu.

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.