PT-2014-7716 · Japan Bioinformatics · Simgene

Bernd Freisleben + 9 · Published 2014-10-16 · Updated 2014-11-14 · CVE-2014-7041

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 SimGene (aka com.japanbioinformatics.simgene) version 1.3

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 SimGene (aka com.japanbioinformatics.simgene) version 1.3, consider implementing proper X.509 certificate verification 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. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-310

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-7041

Affected Products

Simgene

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7041 · Security Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/582497 · Note
• https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1t5GXwjw82SyunALVJb2w0zi3FoLRIkfGPc7AMjRF0r4/edit?usp=sharing · Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/373233 · Note