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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 29, 2014· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2014-3694

CVE-2014-3694

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.

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Affected products

19
  • Pidgin (software)/Pidgin11 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 10 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=2.10.9
    • cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.10.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.10.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.10.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: <2.10.10
  • Canonical/Ubuntu Linux3 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Debian/linux
    cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OpenSUSE/openSUSE3 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Pidgin (software)/Libpurplellm-fuzzy
    Range: <2.10.10

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