vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-2945-1: XChat-GNOME vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N) | Apr 4, 2016 | Apr 4, 2016 | Feb 19, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N)
Published
Apr 4, 2016
Added
Apr 4, 2016
Modified
Feb 19, 2025
Description
It was discovered that XChat-GNOME incorrectly verified the hostname in an SSL certificate. An attacker could trick XChat-GNOME into trusting a rogue server's certificate, which was signed by a trusted certificate authority, to perform a man-in-the-middle attack.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-xchat-gnome
References
Rapid7 Labs
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