PT-2014-6829 · Com.Walsunna · Alsunna

Bernd Freisleben + 9 · Published 2014-09-09 · Updated 2014-09-21 · CVE-2014-5844

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 Alsunna (aka com.wAlsunna) 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 Alsunna (aka com.wAlsunna) application version 0.1, consider implementing proper X.509 certificate verification to prevent man-in-the-middle attacks. As a temporary workaround, restrict the application's access to sensitive information until a proper fix is applied. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-310

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-5844

Affected Products

Alsunna

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5844 · 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/157281 · Note