CVE-2008-3532 Information

Description

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.

Reference

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=492434 http://developer.pidgin.im/attachment/ticket/6500/nss_add_rev.patch http://developer.pidgin.im/attachment/ticket/6500/nss-cert-verify.patch http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/6500 http://secunia.com/advisories/31390 http://secunia.com/advisories/32859 http://secunia.com/advisories/33102 http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-493.htm http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:025 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1023.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30553 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-675-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2318 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44220 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A10979 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A18327