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CVE-2014-3494

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered Topic
2014-07-16 kdelibs4 -- KMail/KIO POP3 SSL Man-in-the-middle Flaw

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CVE-2014-3494 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type Candidate
Name CVE-2014-3494
Phase Assigned(20140514)

Description

kio/usernotificationhandler.cpp in the POP3 kioslave in kdelibs 4.10.95 before 4.13.3 does not properly generate warning notifications, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain sensitive information via an invalid certificate.

References

Source Reference
CONFIRM http://quickgit.kde.org/?p=kdelibs.git&a=commitdiff&h=bbae87dc1be3ae063796a582774bd5642cacdd5d&hp=1ccdb43ed3b32a7798eec6d39bb3c83a6e40228f
CONFIRM http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20140618-1.txt
SUSE openSUSE-SU-2015:0573
BID 68113

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