telepathy-idle before 0.1.15 does not verify (1) that the issuer is a trusted CA, (2) that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN), or (3) the expiration date of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.
2013-05-21T18:55:01.310
2025-04-11T00:51:21.963
Deferred
CVSSv2: 5.8 (MEDIUM)
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
8.6
4.9
Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
---|---|---|---|---|
Application | canonical | telepathy-idle | ≤ 0.1.14.1 | Yes |
Application | canonical | telepathy-idle | 0.1.10.1 | Yes |
Application | canonical | telepathy-idle | 0.1.11.1 | Yes |
Application | canonical | telepathy-idle | 0.1.11.2 | Yes |
Application | canonical | telepathy-idle | 0.1.12.1 | Yes |
Application | canonical | telepathy-idle | 0.1.14 | Yes |
Operating System | canonical | ubuntu_linux | 12.04 | Yes |
Operating System | canonical | ubuntu_linux | 12.10 | Yes |
Operating System | canonical | ubuntu_linux | 13.04 | Yes |