*** This bug is a security vulnerability ***

Public security bug reported:

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/29/23

XChat did not verify that the server hostname matched the domain name in 
the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field in X.509 
certificates. This could allow a man-in-the-middle attacker to spoof an 
SSL server if they had a certificate that was valid for any domain name.

Also applied to hexchat and xchat-gnome.

** Affects: hexchat (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: xchat (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Invalid

** Affects: xchat-gnome (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: hexchat (Ubuntu Precise)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: xchat (Ubuntu Precise)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: xchat-gnome (Ubuntu Precise)
     Importance: Undecided
     Assignee: Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur)
         Status: Confirmed

** Affects: hexchat (Ubuntu Trusty)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: xchat (Ubuntu Trusty)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: xchat-gnome (Ubuntu Trusty)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: hexchat (Ubuntu Wily)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: xchat (Ubuntu Wily)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: xchat-gnome (Ubuntu Wily)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: hexchat (Ubuntu Xenial)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: xchat (Ubuntu Xenial)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Invalid

** Affects: xchat-gnome (Ubuntu Xenial)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Also affects: xchat (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: hexchat (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Bug watch added: Red Hat Bugzilla #1081839
   https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1081839

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1565000

Title:
  xchat-gnome doesn't validate ssl hostnames

Status in hexchat package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in xchat package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in xchat-gnome package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in hexchat source package in Precise:
  New
Status in xchat source package in Precise:
  New
Status in xchat-gnome source package in Precise:
  Confirmed
Status in hexchat source package in Trusty:
  New
Status in xchat source package in Trusty:
  New
Status in xchat-gnome source package in Trusty:
  New
Status in hexchat source package in Wily:
  New
Status in xchat source package in Wily:
  New
Status in xchat-gnome source package in Wily:
  New
Status in hexchat source package in Xenial:
  New
Status in xchat source package in Xenial:
  Invalid
Status in xchat-gnome source package in Xenial:
  New

Bug description:
  http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/29/23

  XChat did not verify that the server hostname matched the domain name in 
  the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field in X.509 
  certificates. This could allow a man-in-the-middle attacker to spoof an 
  SSL server if they had a certificate that was valid for any domain name.

  Also applied to hexchat and xchat-gnome.

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