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.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2016-04-21T14:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-06T18:09:16.618Z
Reserved: 2016-04-06T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2013-7449
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NVD
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2016-04-21T14:59:00.107
Modified: 2021-07-20T14:36:17.827
Link: CVE-2013-7449
Redhat