Description
telepathy-idle before 0.1.15 does not verify (1) that the issuer is a trusted CA, (2) that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN), or (3) the expiration date of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 13 | telepathy-idle | 0.1.15-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | telepathy-idle | 0.1.15-1 | — |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | telepathy-idle | 0.2.0-3.8 | openSUSE-SU-2024:10159-1 |
Advisories 1
- openSUSE-SU-2024:10159-1 telepathy-idle-0.2.0-3.8 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
References
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0915 vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2013-6534 vendor-advisory
- 59474 vdb-entry
- USN-1821-1 vendor-advisory
- 53361 third-party-advisory
- [oss-security] 20130424 CVE(-2007-xxxx?) request: telepathy-idle does not check SSL certificates mailing-list
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=63810