CVE-2012-5524

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Source

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5524

Import Source

https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2012-5524.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2012-5524

Downstream

DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5524

Published

2014-02-08T00:55:05Z

Modified

2025-08-09T19:01:27Z

Summary

[none]

Details

The sslverifycallback function in tlsnb.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.

References

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201401-02.xml
https://trac.gajim.org/ticket/7252
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/11/6
https://trac.gajim.org/query?status=closed&group=resolution&milestone=0.15.3

CVE-2012-5524

Affected packages