vulnerability
FreeBSD: VID-3ba1ca94-a563-11ec-8be6-d4c9ef517024: Weechat -- Possible man-in-the-middle attack in TLS connection to servers
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N) | Mar 16, 2022 | Nov 4, 2022 | Dec 10, 2025 |
Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N)
Published
Mar 16, 2022
Added
Nov 4, 2022
Modified
Dec 10, 2025
Description
The Weechat project reports: After changing the options weechat.network.gnutls_ca_system or weechat.network.gnutls_ca_user, the TLS verification function is lost. Consequently, any connection to a server with TLS is made without verifying the certificate, which could lead to a man-in-the-middle attack. Connection to IRC servers with TLS is affected, as well as any connection a server made by a plugin or a script using the function hook_connect.
Solution
freebsd-upgrade-package-weechat
References
Rapid7 Labs
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