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Pidgin SSL Verification Security Issue
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA31390
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Release Date:
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2008-08-06
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Last Update:
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2008-08-29
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Popularity:
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4,040 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Spoofing
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Pidgin 2.x
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Secunia CVSS-2 Score:
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description:
A security issue has been reported in Pidgin, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct spoofing attacks.
The problem is that the certificate presented by e.g. a Jabber server at the beginning of an SSL session is not verified. This can be exploited to spoof valid servers via a man-in-the-middle attack.
Successful exploitation requires that Pidgin is configured to use the NSS plugin.
The security issue is reported in version 2.4.3. Other versions may also be affected.
Change Page:
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