Ubuntu alert USN-2945-1 (xchat-gnome)
| From: | Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@canonical.com> | |
| To: | ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com | |
| Subject: | [USN-2945-1] XChat-GNOME vulnerability | |
| Date: | Mon, 4 Apr 2016 15:02:25 -0400 | |
| Message-ID: | <5702BA41.3070403@canonical.com> |
========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2945-1 April 04, 2016 xchat-gnome vulnerability ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 15.10 - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary: XChat-GNOME could be made to expose sensitive information over the network. Software Description: - xchat-gnome: simple and featureful IRC client for GNOME 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 man-in-the-middle attack. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 15.10: xchat-gnome 1:0.30.0~git20141005.816798-0ubuntu6.2 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: xchat-gnome 1:0.30.0~git20131003.d20b8d+really20110821-0.2ubuntu12.2 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: xchat-gnome 1:0.30.0~git20110821.e2a400-0.2ubuntu4.3 After a standard system update you need to restart XChat-GNOME to make all the necessary changes. References: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2945-1 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1565000 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xchat-gnome/1:0.30.0... https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xchat-gnome/1:0.30.0... https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xchat-gnome/1:0.30.0... -- ubuntu-security-announce mailing list ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-security...