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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2014-10-29T10:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T10:50:17.985Z

Reserved: 2014-05-14T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-3694

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-10-29T10:55:04.307

Modified: 2024-11-21T02:08:40.127

Link: CVE-2014-3694

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2014-10-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-3694 - Bugzilla