[PLSA 2008-18] Pidgin: Spoofing Vulnerability

[Pınar Yanardağ <pinar () pardus org tr>]

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Pardus Linux Security Advisory 2008-18            security () pardus org tr
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       Date: 2008-08-07
   Severity: 2
       Type: Remote
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Summary
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A security issue has been reported in Pidgin, which can be exploited by
malicious people to conduct spoofing attacks.


Description
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The problem is that the certificate presented by e.g. a Jabber server at
the beginning of an SSL session is not verified. This can be  exploited
to spoof valid servers via a man-in-the-middle attack.



Successful exploitation requires that Pidgin is configured to  use  the
NSS plugin.


Affected packages:

   Pardus 2008:
     pidgin, all before 2.4.3-21-3

   Pardus 2007:
     pidgin, all before 2.4.3-21-14


Resolution
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There are update(s) for pidgin. You can update them via Package Manager
or with a single command from console:

   Pardus 2008:
     pisi up pidgin

   Pardus 2007:
     pisi up pidgin


References
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   * http://secunia.com/advisories/31390/
   * http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/6500

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-- 
Pınar Yanardağ
http://pinguar.org


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