PT-2014-7335 · Leadership Newspapers · Leadership Newspapers Application

Published 2014-09-23 · Updated 2014-09-26 · CVE-2014-6657

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 Leadership Newspapers application version 1.2

Description The application does not 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 1.2, consider implementing certificate pinning or verifying X.509 certificates from SSL servers to prevent man-in-the-middle attacks. As a temporary workaround, restrict access to sensitive information until a proper fix is implemented.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-310

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-6657

Affected Products

Leadership Newspapers Application

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6657 · Security Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/582497 · Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/655009 · Note
• https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1t5GXwjw82SyunALVJb2w0zi3FoLRIkfGPc7AMjRF0r4/edit?usp=sharing · Note