CVE-2022-26491
Description
An issue was discovered in Pidgin before 2.14.9. A remote attacker who can spoof DNS responses can redirect a client connection to a malicious server. The client will perform TLS certificate verification of the malicious domain name instead of the original XMPP service domain, allowing the attacker to take over control over the XMPP connection and to obtain user credentials and all communication content. This is similar to CVE-2022-24968.
Risk Information
Base Score
5.9
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
1.204
Associated Vulnerability
| Vulnerability | OS Platform |
|---|---|
| Vulnerabilities CVE-2010-1624,CVE-2011-3594,CVE-2019-25544,CVE-2022-26491 are affected in Pidgin 2.13.0 | Windows |
| pidgin Security Update (ALAS-2023-2115) finch-2.10.11-9.amzn2.0.1.i686.rpm | Linux |
| pidgin Security Update (ALAS-2023-2115) finch-2.10.11-9.amzn2.0.1.x86_64.rpm | Linux |
| pidgin Security Update (ALAS-2023-2115) pidgin-2.10.11-9.amzn2.0.1.x86_64.rpm | Linux |
| pidgin Security Update (ALAS-2023-2115) libpurple-2.10.11-9.amzn2.0.1.i686.rpm | Linux |
| pidgin Security Update (ALAS-2023-2115) libpurple-2.10.11-9.amzn2.0.1.x86_64.rpm | Linux |
| pidgin Security Update (ALAS-2023-2115) finch-devel-2.10.11-9.amzn2.0.1.x86_64.rpm | Linux |
| pidgin Security Update (ALAS-2023-2115) pidgin-perl-2.10.11-9.amzn2.0.1.x86_64.rpm | Linux |
| pidgin Security Update (ALAS-2023-2115) pidgin-devel-2.10.11-9.amzn2.0.1.x86_64.rpm | Linux |
| pidgin Security Update (ALAS-2023-2115) libpurple-tcl-2.10.11-9.amzn2.0.1.x86_64.rpm | Linux |
| pidgin Security Update (ALAS-2023-2115) libpurple-perl-2.10.11-9.amzn2.0.1.x86_64.rpm | Linux |
| pidgin Security Update (ALAS-2023-2115) libpurple-devel-2.10.11-9.amzn2.0.1.x86_64.rpm | Linux |
| pidgin Security Update (ALAS2-2023-2115) libpurple-2.10.11-9.amzn2.0.1.i686.rpm | Linux |
| pidgin Security Update (ALAS2-2023-2115) libpurple-2.10.11-9.amzn2.0.1.x86_64.rpm | Linux |
| pidgin Security Update (ALAS2-2023-2115) libpurple-devel-2.10.11-9.amzn2.0.1.x86_64.rpm | Linux |
| pidgin Security Update (ALAS2-2023-2115) libpurple-perl-2.10.11-9.amzn2.0.1.x86_64.rpm | Linux |
| pidgin Security Update (ALAS2-2023-2115) libpurple-tcl-2.10.11-9.amzn2.0.1.x86_64.rpm | Linux |
| pidgin Security Update (ALAS2-2023-2115) finch-2.10.11-9.amzn2.0.1.x86_64.rpm | Linux |
| pidgin Security Update (ALAS2-2023-2115) finch-2.10.11-9.amzn2.0.1.i686.rpm | Linux |
| pidgin Security Update (ALAS2-2023-2115) finch-devel-2.10.11-9.amzn2.0.1.x86_64.rpm | Linux |
| pidgin Security Update (ALAS2-2023-2115) pidgin-2.10.11-9.amzn2.0.1.x86_64.rpm | Linux |
| pidgin Security Update (ALAS2-2023-2115) pidgin-devel-2.10.11-9.amzn2.0.1.x86_64.rpm | Linux |
| pidgin Security Update (ALAS2-2023-2115) pidgin-perl-2.10.11-9.amzn2.0.1.x86_64.rpm | Linux |
Patch Details
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| Patch ID | Patch Description |
|---|---|
| PATCH-344769 | Pidgin (2.14.14) |
References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234