PT-2014-6628 · Instagram · Instachat

Bernd Freisleben + 9 · Published 2014-09-09 · Updated 2014-09-11 · CVE-2014-5643

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 Instachat - Instagram Messenger (aka com.instachat.android) version 1.6.2

Description The application does not 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 1.6.2, 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-2014-5643

Affected Products

Instachat

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5643 · Security Note
• https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1t5GXwjw82SyunALVJb2w0zi3FoLRIkfGPc7AMjRF0r4/edit?usp=sharing · Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/507873 · Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/582497 · Note