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FreeBSD : gaim -- malicious smiley themes (635bf5f4-26b7-11d9-9289-000c41e2cdad)

high Nessus Plugin ID 18959

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The Gaim Security Issues page documents a problem with installing smiley themes from an untrusted source :

To install a new smiley theme, a user can drag a tarball from a graphical file manager, or a hypertext link to one from a web browser.
When a tarball is dragged, Gaim executes a shell command to untar it.
However, it does not escape the filename before sending it to the shell. Thus, a specially crafted filename could execute arbitrary commands if the user could be convinced to drag a file into the smiley theme selector.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=1

http://www.nessus.org/u?c6597dc6

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 18959

File Name: freebsd_pkg_635bf5f426b711d99289000c41e2cdad.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 7/13/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:gaim, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ja-gaim, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ko-gaim, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ru-gaim, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 10/25/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/22/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0784