CVE-2014-3694

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-3694
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-10-29 10:55:04 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe (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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.4 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-310 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 12.3 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.10.0 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.10.1 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.10.2 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.10.3 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.10.4 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.10.5 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.10.6 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.10.7 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.10.8 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Pidgin Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 pidgin.im Patch, Vendor Advisory
Security Advisory SA60741 - Debian update for pidgin - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
pidgin/main: changeset 2e4475087f04 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 hg.pidgin.im Issue Tracking
USN-2390-1: Pidgin vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com
Security Advisory SA61968 - Ubuntu update for pidgin - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
openSUSE-SU-2014:1397-1: moderate: update for pidgin af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2014:1376-1: moderate: update for pidgin af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3055-1 pidgin af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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