CVE-2014-3694

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.4
Exploit probability—
ProductPidgin
PublishedOct 29, 2014
First seenOct 29, 2014

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
pidgin pidginv ≤ 2.10.9, 2.10.0, 2.10.1, 2.10.2, 2.10.3, 2.10.4, 2.10.5, 2.10.6, 2.10.7, 2.10.8—
opensuse opensuse12.3, 13.1, 13.2—
canonical ubuntu_linux12.04, 14.04, 14.10—
debian debian_linux7.0—

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CVE-2014-3694 · Pidgin · Dark Radar