CVE-2014-3694

pidgin: SSL/TLS plug-ins failed to check Basic Constraints

Published Oct 29, 2014 CVSS 3.0 · 3.1 Low EPSS 2.3% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3055-1 pidgin security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-3640 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2390-1 Pidgin vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.01296}

epss

{'score': 0.01448}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 10:50 AM
Reserved
May 14, 2014, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 29, 2014, 10:55 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:08 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Oct 22, 2014, 12:00 AM