PT-2016-7926
Published
2016-04-04
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Updated
2016-04-04
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Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
XChat-GNOME (affected versions not specified)
Description
The issue is related to incorrect verification of the hostname in an SSL certificate. An attacker could exploit this to trick XChat-GNOME into trusting a rogue server's certificate, which was signed by a trusted certificate authority, allowing for a machine-in-the-middle attack.
Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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