PT-2014-6870 · Pdc · Disaster Alert

Published 2014-09-12 · Updated 2014-09-22 · CVE-2014-5885

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 Disaster Alert (aka disasterAlert.PDC) version 3.2

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

Recommendations For version 3.2, consider updating the application to a version that properly verifies X.509 certificates to prevent man-in-the-middle attacks. As a temporary workaround, restrict the use of the application on unsecured or public networks to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-310

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-5885

Affected Products

Disaster Alert

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5885 · Security Note
• https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1t5GXwjw82SyunALVJb2w0zi3FoLRIkfGPc7AMjRF0r4/edit?usp=sharing · Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/741337 · Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/582497 · Note