CVE-2013-1431 (GCVE-0-2013-1431)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-09-23 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 15:04
VLAI
Summary
The Wocky module in Telepathy Gabble before 0.16.6 and 0.17.x before 0.17.4, when connecting to a "legacy Jabber server," does not properly enforce the WockyConnector:tls-required flag, which allows remote attackers to bypass TLS verification and perform a man-in-the-middle attacks.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q2/438 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://secunia.com/advisories/53779 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1873-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=65036 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2702 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Date Public
2013-05-30 00:00
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