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JVNDB-2014-000086

Outlook.com for Android contains an issue where it fails to verify SSL server certificates

Overview

Outlook.com for Android contains an issue where it fails to verify SSL server certificates.

Koki Takahashi reported this vulnerability to IPA.
JPCERT/CC coordinated with the developer under Information Security Early Warning Partnership.
CVSS Severity (What is CVSS?)

CVSS V2 Severity:
Base Metrics 4.0 (Medium) [IPA Score]
  • Access Vector: Network
  • Access Complexity: High
  • Authentication: None
  • Confidentiality Impact: Partial
  • Integrity Impact: Partial
  • Availability Impact: None
Affected Products


Outlook.com
  • Outlook.com versions prior to 7.8.2.12.49.7090

Impact

A man-in-the-minddle attack may allow an attacker to eavesdrop on an encrypted communication.
Solution

[Update the Software]
Update to the latest version according to the information provided by the developer.
Vendor Information

Outlook.com
CWE (What is CWE?)

  1. No Mapping(CWE-Other) [IPA Evaluation]
CVE (What is CVE?)

  1. CVE-2014-5239
References

  1. JVN : JVN#72950786
  2. National Vulnerability Database (NVD) : CVE-2014-5239
Revision History

  • [2014/07/30]
      Web page was published
    [2014/08/18]
      CVE : CVE-ID was added
      References : Content was added

Date Public2014/07/30
Date First Published2014/07/30
Date Last Updated2014/08/18