Whisper 4.0.6 X.509 Certificate cryptographic issue

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Whisper 4.0.6. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component X.509 Certificate Handler. Such manipulation leads to cryptographic issue. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2014-5808. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Whisper 4.0.6. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component X.509 Certificate Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issue vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-310. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The Whisper (aka sh.whisper) application 4.0.6 for Android does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate.

The weakness was presented 09/09/2014 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared for download at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-5808 since 08/30/2014. The attack can only be initiated within the local network. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1600.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

See VDB-71433, VDB-71432, VDB-71431 and VDB-71430 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cryptographic issue
CWE: CWE-310
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Local: No
Remote: Partially

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08/30/2014 🔍
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03/26/2015 +198 days 🔍
09/02/2024 +3448 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2014-5808 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-5808
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-71108
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/26/2015 15:08
Updated: 09/02/2024 02:39
Changes: 03/26/2015 15:08 (46), 03/12/2019 15:23 (1), 09/02/2024 02:39 (17)
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