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GLSA-200901-13 : Pidgin: Multiple vulnerabilities
medium Nessus Plugin ID 35432
Synopsis
The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.Description
The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200901-13 (Pidgin: Multiple vulnerabilities)Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Pidgin and the libpurple library:
A participant to the TippingPoint ZDI reported multiple integer overflows in the msn_slplink_process_msg() function in the MSN protocol implementation (CVE-2008-2927).
Juan Pablo Lopez Yacubian is credited for reporting a use-after-free flaw in msn_slplink_process_msg() in the MSN protocol implementation (CVE-2008-2955).
The included UPnP server does not limit the size of data to be downloaded for UPnP service discovery, according to a report by Andrew Hunt and Christian Grothoff (CVE-2008-2957).
Josh Triplett discovered that the NSS plugin for libpurple does not properly verify SSL certificates (CVE-2008-3532).
Impact :
A remote attacker could send specially crafted messages or files using the MSN protocol which could result in the execution of arbitrary code or crash Pidgin. NOTE: Successful exploitation might require the victim's interaction. Furthermore, an attacker could conduct man-in-the-middle attacks to obtain sensitive information using bad certificates and cause memory and disk resources to exhaust.
Workaround :
There is no known workaround at this time.
Solution
All Pidgin users should upgrade to the latest version:# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-im/pidgin-2.5.1'
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Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 35432
File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200901-13.nasl
Version: 1.14
Type: local
Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks
Published: 1/21/2009
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:pidgin, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list
Patch Publication Date: 1/20/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-2927, CVE-2008-2955, CVE-2008-2957, CVE-2008-3532