CVE-2014-3694

low

Description

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.

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1854

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2390-1

http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3055

http://secunia.com/advisories/61968

http://secunia.com/advisories/60741

http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=86

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00037.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00023.html

http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/2e4475087f04

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-10-29

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 3.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Severity: Low