kdelibs CVE-2014-3494 SSL Certificate Validation Security Bypass Vulnerability

BID:68113

Info

kdelibs CVE-2014-3494 SSL Certificate Validation Security Bypass Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 68113
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2014-3494
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jun 17 2014 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 13 2015 09:44PM
Credit: Jim Scadden
Vulnerable: KDE kdelibs 4.13.2
KDE kdelibs 4.10.95
Gentoo Linux
Not Vulnerable: KDE kdelibs 4.13.3

Discussion

kdelibs CVE-2014-3494 SSL Certificate Validation Security Bypass Vulnerability

kdelibs is prone to a security-bypass vulnerability because it fails to properly validate SSL certificates.

An attacker can exploit this issue to perform man-in-the-middle attacks or impersonate trusted servers and gain sensitive information , which will aid in further attacks.

kdelibs 4.10.95 through 4.13.2 are vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

kdelibs CVE-2014-3494 SSL Certificate Validation Security Bypass Vulnerability

An attacker can use readily available network utilities to exploit this issue.

Solution / Fix

kdelibs CVE-2014-3494 SSL Certificate Validation Security Bypass Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

References

kdelibs CVE-2014-3494 SSL Certificate Validation Security Bypass Vulnerability

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