UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3694

    Dashboard / Vulnerabilities / UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3694

    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3694

    Published: 23 Oct 2014Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-3694
    Aliases:
    USN-2390-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3694, http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=86, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2390-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3694

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: pidgin

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/pidgin@1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.2?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.2

    Affected versions

    1:2.10.7-0ubuntu4.1
    1:2.10.7-0ubuntu4.2
    1:2.10.9-0ubuntu1
    1:2.10.9-0ubuntu2
    1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3
    1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High