Improper Certificate Validation The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package pidgin (opens in a new tab)
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-PIDGIN-623358
- published10 Sept 2020
- disclosed5 Sept 2018
Introduced: 5 Sep 2018
CVE-2016-1000030 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:14.04.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pidgin package and not the pidgin package as distributed by Ubuntu.
Pidgin version <2.11.0 contains a vulnerability in X.509 Certificates imports specifically due to improper check of return values from gnutls_x509_crt_init() and gnutls_x509_crt_import() that can result in code execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via custom X.509 certificate from another client. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.11.0.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-1000030
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-1000030
- https://bitbucket.org/pidgin/main/commits/d6fc1ce76ffe
- https://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=91
- https://www.suse.com/pt-br/security/cve/CVE-2016-1000030/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38