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CVE-2008-3532

The NSS plugin in libpurple in Pidgin 2.4.3 does not verify SSL certificates, which makes it easier for remote attackers to trick a user into accepting an invalid server certificate for a spoofed service.

Published

2008-08-08T19:41:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.8 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-310

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	pidgin	pidgin	2.4.3	Yes

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=492434 ([email protected])
http://developer.pidgin.im/attachment/ticket/6500/nss-cert-verify.patch Exploit ([email protected])
http://developer.pidgin.im/attachment/ticket/6500/nss_add_rev.patch ([email protected])
http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/6500 Patch ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/31390 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/32859 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/33102 ([email protected])
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-493.htm ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:025 ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1023.html ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30553 ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-675-1 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2318 ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44220 ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10979 ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18327 ([email protected])
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=492434 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://developer.pidgin.im/attachment/ticket/6500/nss-cert-verify.patch Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://developer.pidgin.im/attachment/ticket/6500/nss_add_rev.patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/6500 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31390 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32859 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/33102 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-493.htm (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:025 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1023.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30553 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-675-1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2318 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44220 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10979 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18327 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)