CVE-2014-3694

MediumCVSS 6.4/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 6.4/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-310

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/2e4475087f04Issue Tracking
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00023.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00037.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=86Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/60741
http://secunia.com/advisories/61968
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3055Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2390-1Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1854
http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/2e4475087f04Issue Tracking
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00023.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00037.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=86Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/60741
http://secunia.com/advisories/61968
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3055Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2390-1Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1854

Timeline

Published: Oct 29, 2014
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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