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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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T10:50:17.985Z
Reserved: 2014-05-14T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2014-3694

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2014-10-29T10:55:04.307
Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837
Link: CVE-2014-3694
