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.
Published: 2014-10-29
Score: 3.1 Low
EPSS: 1.3% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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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

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.01296}

epss

{'score': 0.01448}


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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Debian Debian Linux
Opensuse Opensuse
Pidgin Pidgin
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

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

Reserved: 2014-05-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-3694

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

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

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2014-3694

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

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

Links: CVE-2014-3694 - Bugzilla

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