CVE-2013-7449
HexChat SSL Hostname Verification Bypass
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.
INFO
Published Date :
April 21, 2016, 2:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
July 20, 2021, 2:36 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.5
Exploitability Score :
3.9
Affected Products
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vulnerability.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Jul. 20, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:hexchat:hexchat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.10.1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:hexchat_project:hexchat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.10.1 -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
May. 06, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:xchat:xchat:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xchat:xchat_gnome:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:a:hexchat:hexchat:2.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N Changed Reference Type http://hexchat.readthedocs.org/en/latest/changelog.html No Types Assigned http://hexchat.readthedocs.org/en/latest/changelog.html Advisory Added CWE CWE-310 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
May. 06, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2013-7449 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2013-7449
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.09 }} 0.00%
score
0.38100
percentile