TLS Verification Bypass in Wocky Module of Telepathy Gabble

CVE-2013-1431 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

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