Pidgin up to 2.10.x X.509 Certificate Import certificate validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Pidgin up to 2.10.x and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component X.509 Certificate Import. This manipulation causes certificate validation. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2016-1000030. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Pidgin up to 2.10.x (Messaging Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component X.509 Certificate Import. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a certificate validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-295. The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 06/21/2016 as not defined advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at pidgin.im. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-1000030 since 07/20/2016. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1587.003 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 96542 (GLSA-201701-38 : Pidgin: Multiple vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 2.11.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 8 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (96542). See VDB-99051 for similar entry. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

• Messaging Software

Name

• Pidgin

Version

• 2.0
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.3
• 2.4
• 2.5
• 2.6
• 2.7
• 2.8
• 2.9
• 2.10

License

• open-source

CPE 2.3info

• 🔍
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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.6

VulDB Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Temp Score: 9.4
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NVD Base Score: 9.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Certificate validation
CWE: CWE-295 / CWE-287
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 96542
Nessus Name: GLSA-201701-38 : Pidgin: Multiple vulnerabilities
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
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OpenVAS ID: 802713
OpenVAS Name: Pidgin Multiple Vulnerabilities Jan 2017 (Windows)
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Pidgin 2.11.0

Timelineinfo

06/21/2016 🔍
07/20/2016 +29 days 🔍
09/22/2016 +64 days 🔍
01/17/2017 +117 days 🔍
01/17/2017 +0 days 🔍
09/05/2018 +595 days 🔍
09/19/2022 +1475 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: pidgin.im
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2016-1000030 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-1000030
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-91843
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/22/2016 18:04
Updated: 09/19/2022 15:15
Changes: 09/22/2016 18:04 (62), 04/23/2019 21:06 (11), 09/19/2022 15:15 (4)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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