CVE-2013-1431
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 2.0%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 2.0% (81th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2013-1469)
- Published
- September 23, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-1469 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- simon mcvittie / telepathy gabble
- simon mcvittie / telepathy gabble
- simon mcvittie / telepathy gabble
- simon mcvittie / telepathy gabble
- simon mcvittie / telepathy gabble
- simon mcvittie / telepathy gabble
- simon mcvittie / telepathy gabble
- simon mcvittie / telepathy gabble
- simon mcvittie / telepathy gabble
- simon mcvittie / telepathy gabble
References
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q2/438(Mailing List, Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/53779(Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2702(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1873-1(Third Party Advisory)
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=65036(Patch)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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