CVE-2014-3694
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 6.4 · CWE-310
6.4CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)2%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=86 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=86Patch
- http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/2e4475087f04
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00023.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00037.htmlAdvisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60741
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61968
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3055Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2390-1Advisory