Pidgin 2.4.3 SSL Certificate cryptographic issue

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Pidgin 2.4.3. It has been rated as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component SSL Certificate. The manipulation leads to cryptographic issue. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-3532. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Pidgin 2.4.3 (Messaging Software). This issue affects an unknown function of the component SSL Certificate. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issue vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-310. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The bug was discovered 08/06/2008. The weakness was shared 08/08/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared at developer.pidgin.im. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-3532 since 08/07/2008. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1600 for this issue.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 35260 (CentOS 4 / 5 : pidgin (CESA-2008:1023)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117207 (CentOS Security Update for Pidgin (CESA-2008:1023)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 5 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (44220), Tenable (35260), SecurityFocus (BID 30553†), OSVDB (47583†) and Secunia (SA32859†). The entries VDB-3746 and VDB-43005 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

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Class: Cryptographic issue
CWE: CWE-310
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 35260
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 / 5 : pidgin (CESA-2008:1023)
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OpenVAS ID: 880168
OpenVAS Name: Centreon command_name Parameter Remote Command Execution Vulnerability
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Recommended: Upgrade
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11/25/2008 +99 days 🔍
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03/17/2015 +2275 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: developer.pidgin.im
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2008-3532 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-3532
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-43589

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X-Force: 44220
SecurityFocus: 30553 - Pidgin NSS plugin SSL Certificate Validation Security Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 32859 - Ubuntu update for pidgin, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 47583 - CVE-2008-3532 - Pidgin - Spoofing Issue
Vulnerability Center: 19225 - Pidgin NSS Plugin Improper Validation of SSL Certificates Allows Spoofing, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-2318

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 12:19
Updated: 08/15/2019 18:44
Changes: 03/17/2015 12:19 (81), 08/15/2019 18:44 (5)
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