CVE-2009-3026 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2009-3026?

CVE-2009-3026 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pidgin Pidgin, published on 31 Aug 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

protocols/jabber/auth.c in libpurple in Pidgin 2.6.0, and possibly other versions, does not follow the "require TLS/SSL" preference when connecting to older Jabber servers that do not follow the XMPP specification, which causes libpurple to connect to the server without the expected encryption and allows remote attackers to sniff sessions.

Weakness: CWE-310

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-3026?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Pidgin Pidgin.

How do I fix CVE-2009-3026?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2009-3026 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-3026 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3026, GHSA-39qg-c7hm-9wwf.