CVE-2013-7449 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2013-7449?

CVE-2013-7449 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 21 Apr 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-310

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-7449?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Hexchat Project Hexchat, Xchat Xchat, Xchat Xchat Gnome.

How do I fix CVE-2013-7449?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2013-7449 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-7449 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-7449, GHSA-vcmj-h4g7-8fpr, UBUNTU-CVE-2013-7449.