PT-2014-6573 · Bmf Apps · Free Ebooks

Published 2014-09-09 · Updated 2014-11-13 · CVE-2014-5588

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions The Free eBooks (aka com.bmfapps.freekindlebooks) application version 14 for Android

Description The issue concerns the application's failure to verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers. This allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate.

Recommendations For version 14, update the application to a version that properly verifies X.509 certificates from SSL servers to prevent man-in-the-middle attacks.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-310

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-5588

Affected Products

Free Ebooks

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5588 · Security Note
• https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1t5GXwjw82SyunALVJb2w0zi3FoLRIkfGPc7AMjRF0r4/edit?usp=sharing · Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/582497 · Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/768529 · Note