CVE-2012-5524

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 None
Description
The _ssl_verify_callback function in tls_nb.py in Gajim before 0.15.3 does not properly verify SSL certificates, which allows remote attackers to conduct man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks and spoof servers via an arbitrary certificate from a trusted CA.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2012-5524
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2014-02-08T00:55:05
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2014-02-10T15:16:36
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:gajim:gajim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 0.15.2
cpe:2.3:a:gajim:gajim:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gajim:gajim:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gajim:gajim:0.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gajim:gajim:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gajim:gajim:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gajim:gajim:0.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gajim:gajim:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gajim:gajim:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gajim:gajim:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gajim:gajim:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gajim:gajim:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gajim:gajim:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gajim:gajim:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gajim:gajim:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gajim:gajim:0.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gajim:gajim:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gajim:gajim:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gajim:gajim:0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gajim:gajim:0.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gajim:gajim:0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gajim:gajim:0.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gajim:gajim:0.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gajim:gajim:0.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gajim:gajim:0.11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gajim:gajim:0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gajim:gajim:0.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gajim:gajim:0.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gajim:gajim:0.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gajim:gajim:0.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gajim:gajim:0.12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gajim:gajim:0.12.5:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gajim:gajim:0.12.5:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gajim:gajim:0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gajim:gajim:0.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gajim:gajim:0.13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gajim:gajim:0.13.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gajim:gajim:0.13.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gajim:gajim:0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gajim:gajim:0.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gajim:gajim:0.14.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gajim:gajim:0.14.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gajim:gajim:0.14.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gajim:gajim:0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gajim:gajim:0.15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/11/6
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201401-02.xml
https://trac.gajim.org/ticket/7252 Exploit Patch
https://trac.gajim.org/query?status=closed&group=resolution&milestone=0.15.3
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5524
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5524
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 10:38:12 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-01 21:50:26 2014-02-08T00:55Z 2014-02-08T00:55:05 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-01 21:50:26 2014-02-10T15:16:36 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-01 21:50:26 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated