CVE-2022-28352 Security feature bypass in n/a
Man-in-the-middle attackers can spoof TLS chat servers if GnuTLS CA options are modified without restarting WeeChat, bypassing certificate verification.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-28352?
CVE-2022-28352 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Apr 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
WeeChat (aka Wee Enhanced Environment for Chat) 3.2 to 3.4 before 3.4.1 does not properly verify the TLS certificate of the server, after certain GnuTLS options are changed, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof a TLS chat server via an arbitrary certificate. NOTE: this only affects situations where weechat.network.gnutls_ca_system or weechat.network.gnutls_ca_user is changed without a WeeChat restart.
Weakness: CWE-295
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-28352?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Weechat Weechat.
How do I fix CVE-2022-28352?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2022-28352 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-28352 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-28352, GHSA-q6x4-wf9q-6g23, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-28352.