PT-2014-7713 · Al Jazeera · Al Jazeera

Bernd Freisleben + 9 · Published 2014-10-16 · Updated 2014-12-29 · CVE-2014-7038

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 Al Jazeera (aka com.Al.Jazeera.net) application version 6.0

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 Al Jazeera (aka com.Al.Jazeera.net) application version 6.0, consider updating to a newer version that properly verifies X.509 certificates from SSL servers to prevent man-in-the-middle attacks. As a temporary workaround, restrict the application's access to sensitive information until a patch is available.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-310

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-7038

Affected Products

Al Jazeera

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7038 · Security Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/582497 · Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/763865 · Note
• https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1t5GXwjw82SyunALVJb2w0zi3FoLRIkfGPc7AMjRF0r4/edit?usp=sharing · Note