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weechat — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1428

Wee Enhanced Environment for Chat (aka WeeChat) 0.3.4 and earlier does not properly verify that the server hostname matches the domain name of the subject of an X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof an SSL chat server via an arbitrary certificate, related to incorrect use of the GnuTLS API.

Products
weechat
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
0.3.5-1
CVEs
CVE-2011-1428
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 23:40 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1428

core-osv · Original source

Published 16 Mar 2011, 22:55 UTC

Wee Enhanced Environment for Chat (aka WeeChat) 0.3.4 and earlier does not properly verify that the server hostname matches the domain name of the subject of an X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof an SSL chat server via an arbitrary certificate, related to incorrect use of the GnuTLS API.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1428

weechat

Fixed versions: 0.3.5-1

weechat

Fixed versions: 0.3.5-1

weechat

Fixed versions: 0.3.5-1

Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1428",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1428",
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-23T17:47:49.834034180Z",
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 419174,
  "published_at": "2011-03-16T22:55:04.7+00:00"
}