PT-2014-6731 · Government · Com.Wgovernmentbestjobs

Bernd Freisleben + 9 · Published 2014-09-09 · Updated 2014-09-16 · CVE-2014-5746

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 Government Best Jobs (aka com.wGovernmentBestJobs) application version 0.1

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 0.1, update the application to properly verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers to prevent man-in-the-middle attacks. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the use of SSL connections until a patch is available. Restrict access to sensitive information to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-310

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-5746

Affected Products

Com.Wgovernmentbestjobs

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5746 · Security Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/159129 · Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/582497 · Note
• https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1t5GXwjw82SyunALVJb2w0zi3FoLRIkfGPc7AMjRF0r4/edit?usp=sharing · Note