CVE-2014-3694
EPSS 1.4%pidgin - security update
Published: 10/29/2014Modified: 4/28/2026
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.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/pidginfrom 0, < 2.10.10-1
- Debian/pidginfrom 0, < 2.10.10-1~deb7u1