Simon Mcvittie Telepathy Gabble up to 0.16.2 input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Simon Mcvittie Telepathy Gabble up to 0.16.2 and classified as critical. The affected element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes input validation. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2013-1431. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Simon Mcvittie Telepathy Gabble up to 0.16.2. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was published 09/23/2013 (Website). The advisory is shared at bugs.freedesktop.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2013-1431. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 67382 (Fedora 18 : telepathy-gabble-0.16.6-1.fc18 (2013-9794)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 166029 (SUSE Security Update for telepathy-gabble (openSUSE-SU-2013:1013-1)).

Upgrading to version 0.16.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (84647), Tenable (67382), SecurityFocus (BID 58282†), Secunia (SA53779†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-40441†). Similar entry is available at VDB-66151. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Local: No
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Nessus ID: 67382
Nessus Name: Fedora 18 : telepathy-gabble-0.16.6-1.fc18 (2013-9794)
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OpenVAS ID: 892702
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2702-1 (telepathy-gabble - TLS verification bypass
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Telepathy Gabble 0.16.3

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01/26/2013 🔍
03/04/2013 +37 days 🔍
05/27/2013 +84 days 🔍
06/13/2013 +17 days 🔍
07/10/2013 +27 days 🔍
07/12/2013 +2 days 🔍
09/23/2013 +73 days 🔍
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03/24/2015 +547 days 🔍
12/27/2024 +3566 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: USN-1873-1
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-1431 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-1431
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-65005

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X-Force: 84647
SecurityFocus: 58282 - Telepathy-Gabble CVE-2013-1769 NULL Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 53779 - Ubuntu update for telepathy-gabble, Not Critical
Vulnerability Center: 40441 - Telepathy-Gabble <0.16.6 Remote Security Bypass Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 12/27/2024 23:10
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (68), 05/05/2017 08:58 (6), 01/07/2022 19:46 (4), 01/07/2022 19:53 (1), 12/27/2024 23:10 (18)
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