CVE-2008-3532

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-08-08 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-310

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.

Affected products

Pidgin: 2.4.3

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=492434
http://developer.pidgin.im/attachment/ticket/6500/nss-cert-verify.patch
http://developer.pidgin.im/attachment/ticket/6500/nss_add_rev.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

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