[Pidgin] #6500: NSS plugin doesn't verify SSL certificates

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Sun Aug 3 14:29:39 EDT 2008


#6500: NSS plugin doesn't verify SSL certificates
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 Reporter:  ari        |       Type:  defect
   Status:  new        |   Priority:  minor 
Component:  libpurple  |    Version:  2.4.3 
 Keywords:             |    Pending:  0     
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 Originally from http://bugs.debian.org/492434:

 I recently set up a Jabber server.  I used the default snakeoil
 certificate.  When I configured Pidgin to connect to my new server,
 using SSL, it connected without any complaint whatsoever.

 (Pidgin in Debian/Ubuntu is built with NSS, under the recommendation of
 you guys. The GNUTLS plugin apparently does do proper certificate
 verification. This is a fairly major problem, since people assuming their
 connections are secure can be subject to man-in-the-middle attacks.)

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/6500>
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