Headline
GHSA-779w-xvpm-78jx: twitch-tui's connection is not encrypted
Summary
The connection is not using TLS for communication
Details
In the configuration of the irc connection, you are disabling tls which makes all communication to twitch irc servers unencrypted.
PoC
You can verify by using tcpdump/wireshark that traffic is unencrypted.
Impact
Communication can be sniffed, even auth tokens.
Package
cargo twitch-tui (Rust)
Affected versions
< 2.4.1
Patched versions
2.4.1
Description
Summary
The connection is not using TLS for communication
Details
In the configuration of the irc connection, you are disabling tls which makes all communication to twitch irc servers unencrypted.
PoC
You can verify by using tcpdump/wireshark that traffic is unencrypted.
Impact
Communication can be sniffed, even auth tokens.
References
- GHSA-779w-xvpm-78jx
- Xithrius/twitch-tui@74d13dd
- https://github.com/Xithrius/twitch-tui/blob/340afc3c8c07a83289fe6ef614aa7563c8b70756/src/twitch/connection.rs#L23
Xithrius published to Xithrius/twitch-tui
Jul 29, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Jul 31, 2023
Reviewed
Jul 31, 2023