CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
83.0%
Pidgin is prone to a security bypass vulnerability
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:pidgin:pidgin";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.900020");
script_version("2024-02-15T05:05:39+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-15 05:05:39 +0000 (Thu, 15 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-08-22 10:29:01 +0200 (Fri, 22 Aug 2008)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2008-3532");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AG");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("General");
script_name("Pidgin NSS plugin SSL Certificate Validation Security Bypass Vulnerability - Windows");
script_dependencies("secpod_pidgin_detect_win.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("Pidgin/Win/Ver");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/6500");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30553");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://developer.pidgin.im/attachment/ticket/6500/nss-cert-verify.patch");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Pidgin Version 2.4.3 and prior on Windows (All).");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The application fails to properly validate SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)
certificate from a server.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Pidgin is prone to a security bypass vulnerability");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Apply the patch linked in the references.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Man-in-the-middle attacks or identity impersonation attacks are possible.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if( ! infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE ) )
exit( 0 );
vers = infos["version"];
path = infos["location"];
if( egrep( pattern:"^([01]\..*|2\.([0-3](\..*)?|4(\.[0-3])?))$", string:vers ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"See references", install_path:path );
security_message( port:0, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );