RHEL 4 / 5 : pidgin (RHSA-2008:1023)

high Nessus Plugin ID 35181

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for pidgin.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 / 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2008:1023 advisory.

- pidgin: remote DoS via MSN message with crafted file name (CVE-2008-2955)

- pidgin: unrestricted download of arbitrary files triggered via UPnP (CVE-2008-2957)

- pidgin: NSS plugin doesn't verify SSL certificates (CVE-2008-3532)

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

Solution

Update the RHEL pidgin package based on the guidance in RHSA-2008:1023.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 35181

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2008-1023.nasl

Version: 1.25

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 12/16/2008

Updated: 4/21/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2008-3532

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2008-2955

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:finch, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libpurple-tcl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pidgin, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libpurple-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pidgin-perl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:finch-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pidgin-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libpurple, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libpurple-perl

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/15/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/1/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-2955, CVE-2008-2957, CVE-2008-3532

RHSA: 2008:1023

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