CVE-2014-3694

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.

Risk Information

Base Score

3.1

MODERATE

Vector

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

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

1.27

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
pidgin security update(DSA-3055-1) pidgin_2.10.10-1~deb7u1_i386.deb	Linux
(RHSA-2017:1854)Moderate: security, bug fix, and enhancement update pidgin-debuginfo-2.10.11-5.el7.i686.rpm	Linux
(RHSA-2017:1854)Moderate: security, bug fix, and enhancement update pidgin-debuginfo-2.10.11-5.el7.x86_64.rpm	Linux

Patch Details

No records found

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234