Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.900020
Category:	General
Title:	Pidgin NSS plugin SSL Certificate Validation Security Bypass Vulnerability - Windows
Summary:	Pidgin is prone to a security bypass vulnerability
Description:	Summary: Pidgin is prone to a security bypass vulnerability Vulnerability Insight: The application fails to properly validate SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) certificate from a server. Vulnerability Impact: Man-in-the-middle attacks or identity impersonation attacks are possible. Affected Software/OS: Pidgin Version 2.4.3 and prior on Windows (All). Solution: Apply the patch linked in the references. CVSS Score: 6.8 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-3532 30553 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30553 31390 http://secunia.com/advisories/31390 32859 http://secunia.com/advisories/32859 33102 http://secunia.com/advisories/33102 ADV-2008-2318 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2318 MDVSA-2009:025 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:025 RHSA-2008:1023 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1023.html USN-675-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-675-1 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://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-493.htm oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10979 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10979 oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18327 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18327 pidgin-ssl-spoofing(44220) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44220
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