CVE-2013-7449

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-310 Cryptographic Issues

Publication date:

21/04/2016

Last modified:

12/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): Low
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x

6.50

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.80 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0

5.80

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
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:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:xchat:xchat:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:xchat:xchat_gnome:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:hexchat_project:hexchat::::::::		2.10.1 (including)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
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:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:xchat:xchat:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:xchat:xchat_gnome:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:hexchat_project:hexchat::::::::		2.10.1 (including)

CVE-2013-7449

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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