TVBengali Open Directory 1.4 X.509 Certificate cryptographic issue

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in TVBengali Open Directory 1.4. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component X.509 Certificate Handler. This manipulation causes cryptographic issue. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-5979. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in TVBengali Open Directory 1.4. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component X.509 Certificate Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issue vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-310. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The TV Bengali Open Directory (aka com.TVBengali) application 1.4 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 released 09/20/2014 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). It is possible to read the advisory at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2014-5979 since 08/30/2014. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1600 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-71433, VDB-71432, VDB-71431 and VDB-71430. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cryptographic issue
CWE: CWE-310
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Remote: Partially

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Timelineinfo

08/30/2014 🔍
09/20/2014 +21 days 🔍
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03/26/2015 +187 days 🔍
09/08/2024 +3454 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2014-5979 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-5979
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-71371
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/26/2015 15:08
Updated: 09/08/2024 17:40
Changes: 03/26/2015 15:08 (42), 03/17/2018 11:21 (6), 09/08/2024 17:40 (17)
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