CVE-2014-3694
N/A
Published: October 29, 2014 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:08 AM UTC
4 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxopenSUSE
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Affected
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (9)
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
Source: [email protected]
http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/2e4475087f04Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00023.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00037.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=86Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3055Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2390-1Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-310
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