974416 – (CVE-2013-7449) VUL-0: CVE-2013-7449: xchat: Doesn't properly verify SSL certificates

Bug 974416 (CVE-2013-7449) - VUL-0: CVE-2013-7449: xchat: Doesn't properly verify SSL certificates

Summary: VUL-0: CVE-2013-7449: xchat: Doesn't properly verify SSL certificates

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	CVE-2013-7449

Product:	SUSE Security Incidents
Classification:	Novell Products
Component:	Incidents (show other bugs)
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	Other Other

Priority:	P3 - Medium Severity: Normal
Target Milestone:	---
Assignee:	Security Team bot
QA Contact:	Security Team bot

URL:	https://smash.suse.de/issue/166484/
Whiteboard:	CVSSv2:SUSE:CVE-2013-7449:6.4:(AV:N/A...
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Reported:	2016-04-07 07:48 UTC by Johannes Segitz
Modified:	2018-02-15 15:37 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Description Johannes Segitz 2016-04-07 07:48:23 UTC

CVE-2013-7449

xchat doesn't check if the certificat is actually for the server it connects to. Fix in: https://github.com/hexchat/hexchat/commit/c9b63f7f9be01692b03fa15275135a4910a7e02d

References:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2013-7449
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/30/18
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/29/24
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/29/27
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q2/17
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2013/CVE-2013-7449.html
https://github.com/hexchat/hexchat/commit/c9b63f7f9be01692b03fa15275135a4910a7e02d

Comment 1 Swamp Workflow Management 2016-04-07 22:00:14 UTC

bugbot adjusting priority

Comment 3 Jonathan Kang 2017-10-30 07:24:07 UTC

The fix is available in hexchat 2.12.0 which is the version we ship in SLE12 SP2
and SP3.

Assign back to security team.

Comment 4 Johannes Segitz 2018-02-15 13:20:35 UTC

hexchat is fixed, xchat not supported anymore