PT-2014-6971 · Google · The Educational Puzzles - Letters

Bernd Freisleben + 9 · Published 2014-09-20 · Updated 2014-09-25 · CVE-2014-5986

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 Educational Puzzles - Letters (aka com.EducationalPuzzlesLetters) application version 2 for Android

Description The issue allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate, as the application does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers.

Recommendations For The Educational Puzzles - Letters (aka com.EducationalPuzzlesLetters) application version 2, consider implementing proper X.509 certificate validation 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.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-310

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-5986

Affected Products

The Educational Puzzles - Letters

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5986 · Security Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/582497 · Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/114337 · Note
• https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1t5GXwjw82SyunALVJb2w0zi3FoLRIkfGPc7AMjRF0r4/edit?usp=sharing · Note