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title: "CVE-2008-3532\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2008-3532

Publication date 8 August 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## 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.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-3532?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| gaim | 8.10 intrepid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| 7.10 gutsy | Not in release |
| 7.04 feisty | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not affected |
| pidgin | 8.10 intrepid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2.2 |
| 7.10 gutsy | Fixed 1:2.2.1-1ubuntu4.3 |
| 7.04 feisty | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-3532?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

In dapper, nss is not compiled in

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| pidgin | * Other:   <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/6500> * Upstream:   <http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/ad677f4ab3dcd31d42fe39edbb9e9207dcf93df6> * Upstream:   <http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/3cbc74478c8df61d53804d0363dc936a3e0adeb7> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3532)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3532)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-3532)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-3532)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-675-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-675-1)
+ Pidgin vulnerabilities
+ 24 November 2008

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3532>