CVE-2014-3694

Severity

64%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

81%

The (1) bundled GnuTLS SSL/TLS plugin and the (2) bundled OpenSSL SSL/TLS plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.10 do not properly consider the Basic Constraints extension during verification of X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate.

The (1) bundled GnuTLS SSL/TLS plugin and the (2) bundled OpenSSL SSL/TLS plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.10 do not properly consider the Basic Constraints extension during verification of X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.4. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N).

Overview

First reported 10 years ago

2014-10-29 10:55:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-30 16:27:00

Affected Software

OpenSUSE 12.3

12.3

OpenSUSE 13.1

13.1

OpenSUSE 13.2

13.2

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS

12.04

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS (Long-Term Support)

14.04

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.10

14.10

Debian Linux 7.0

7.0

Pidgin 2.10.0

2.10.0

Pidgin 2.10.1

2.10.1

Pidgin 2.10.2

2.10.2

Pidgin 2.10.3

2.10.3

Pidgin 2.10.4

2.10.4

Pidgin 2.10.5

2.10.5

Pidgin 2.10.6

2.10.6

Pidgin 2.10.7

2.10.7

Pidgin 2.10.8

2.10.8

Pidgin

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