USN-2945-1

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    USN-2945-1

    Published: 4 Apr 2016Last Modified: 10 Feb 2026

    Summary: xchat-gnome vulnerability

    Details: 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 machine-in-the-middle attack.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2945-1, https://launchpad.net/bugs/1565000

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: xchat-gnome

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/xchat-gnome@1:0.30.0~git20131003.d20b8d+really20110821-0.2ubuntu12.2?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:0.30.0~git20131003.d20b8d+really20110821-0.2ubuntu12.2

    Affected versions

    1:0.30.0~git20110821.e2a400-0.2ubuntu9
    1:0.30.0~git20110821.e2a400-0.2ubuntu10
    1:0.30.0~git20110821.e2a400-0.2ubuntu11
    1:0.30.0~git20110821.e2a400-0.2ubuntu12
    1:0.30.0~git20131003.d20b8d-2ubuntu1
    1:0.30.0~git20131003.d20b8d+really20110821-0.2ubuntu12
    1:0.30.0~git20131003.d20b8d+really20110821-0.2ubuntu12.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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