CVE-2014-3694 Information

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.

Reference

http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/2e4475087f04 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00023.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00037.html http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=86 http://secunia.com/advisories/60741 http://secunia.com/advisories/61968 http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3055 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2390-1 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1854