ubuntu-cve-2014-3494
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2014-07-01 16:55
Modified
2026-04-22 07:37
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3494",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:37:42Z",
  "published": "2014-07-01T16:55:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3494"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://quickgit.kde.org/?p=kdelibs.git\u0026a=commitdiff\u0026h=bbae87dc1be3ae063796a582774bd5642cacdd5d\u0026hp=1ccdb43ed3b32a7798eec6d39bb3c83a6e40228f"
    },
    {
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      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3494"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2014-3494"
  ]
}



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