Title : Pidgin SSL Certificate Verification Security Bypass Weakness VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-2318 CVE ID : CVE-2008-3532 CWE ID : CWE-295
Rated as : Low Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2008-08-07
Technical Description
A weakness has been identified in Pidgin, which could be exploited by attackers to bypass security restrictions. This issue is caused due to the NSS plugin not properly verifying SSL certificates, which could be exploited to conduct spoofing attacks.
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