SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : pidgin (SUSE-SU-2022:1665-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 161221

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:1665-1 advisory.

- 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. (CVE-2022-26491)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 161221

File Name: suse_SU-2022-1665-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 5/17/2022

Updated: 7/13/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-26491

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpurple-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpurple-plugin-sametime, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpurple, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:pidgin-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:pidgin, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpurple-branding-upstream, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpurple-lang

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/16/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/2/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-26491

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:1665-1

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