PT-2014-6956 · Fiksu · Fiksu Library For Android

Published 2014-09-22 · Updated 2014-09-23 · CVE-2014-5971

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 Fiksu library for Android (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue concerns the Fiksu library for Android, which fails to verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers. This allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information by using a crafted certificate.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-310

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-5971

Affected Products

Fiksu Library For Android

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5971 · Security Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/582497 · Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/849577 · Note
• https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1t5GXwjw82SyunALVJb2w0zi3FoLRIkfGPc7AMjRF0r4/edit?usp=sharing · Note