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Ubuntu 7.10 / 8.04 LTS : pidgin vulnerabilities (USN-675-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 36899
Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.Description
It was discovered that Pidgin did not properly handle certain malformed messages in the MSN protocol handler. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted message and possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2008-2927)It was discovered that Pidgin did not properly handle file transfers containing a long filename and special characters in the MSN protocol handler. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted filename in a file transfer request and cause Pidgin to crash, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2008-2955)
It was discovered that Pidgin did not impose resource limitations in the UPnP service. A remote attacker could cause Pidgin to download arbitrary files and cause a denial of service from memory or disk space exhaustion. (CVE-2008-2957)
It was discovered that Pidgin did not validate SSL certificates when using a secure connection. If a remote attacker were able to perform a man-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could be exploited to view sensitive information. This update alters Pidgin behaviour by asking users to confirm the validity of a certificate upon initial login.
(CVE-2008-3532).
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 36899
File Name: ubuntu_USN-675-1.nasl
Version: 1.14
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 4/23/2009
Updated: 1/19/2021
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
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:canonical:ubuntu_linux:finch-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pidgin-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpurple-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pidgin-data, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpurple-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pidgin-dbg, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pidgin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gaim, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:finch, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpurple0
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Patch Publication Date: 11/24/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-2927, CVE-2008-2955, CVE-2008-2957, CVE-2008-3532