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CVE-2008-3532
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…
Medium6.8EPSS 1.6%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.6% · top 24% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (16)
- http://developer.pidgin.im/attachment/ticket/6500/nss-cert-verify.patch (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18327 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- MDVSA-2009:025 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 31390 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2318 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-493.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=492434 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 33102 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-675-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://developer.pidgin.im/attachment/ticket/6500/nss_add_rev.patch (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 32859 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/6500 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- pidgin-ssl-spoofing(44220) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:1023 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10979 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 30553 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .