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openSUSE Security Update : finch (finch-188)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 39959
Synopsis
The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.Description
- specially crafted MSN SLP messages could cause an integer overflow in pidgin. Attackers could potentially exploit that to execute arbitrary code (CVE-2008-2927).- overly long file names in MSN file transfers could crash pidgin (CVE-2008-2955).
- SSL certifcates were not verfied. Therefore piding didn't notice faked certificates (CVE-2008-3532)
Additionally a problem was fixed that prevented gaim clients from connecting to the ICQ network after a server change on July 1st 2008.
Solution
Update the affected finch packages.See Also
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=404163
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=405632
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 39959
File Name: suse_11_0_finch-080903.nasl
Version: 1.12
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 7/21/2009
Updated: 1/14/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, 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:novell:opensuse:finch, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:finch-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpurple, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpurple-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpurple-meanwhile, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpurple-mono, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pidgin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pidgin-devel, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.0
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list
Patch Publication Date: 9/3/2008