PT-2014-8228 · Com.Wnoticiasdelvaticano · Noticias Del Vaticano

Published 2014-10-21 · Updated 2014-11-14 · CVE-2014-7742

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 Noticias del Vaticano (aka com.wNoticiasdelVaticano) version 0.1

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 version 0.1, update the application to a version that properly verifies X.509 certificates from SSL servers to prevent man-in-the-middle attacks. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of sensitive information within the application until a patch is available.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-310

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-7742

Affected Products

Noticias Del Vaticano

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7742 · Security Note
• https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1t5GXwjw82SyunALVJb2w0zi3FoLRIkfGPc7AMjRF0r4/edit?usp=sharing · Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/725673 · Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/582497 · Note