openSUSE Security Update : finch (finch-1088)

high Nessus Plugin ID 40336

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

Several bugfixes were done for the Instant Messenger Pidgin :

- Malformed responses to file transfers could cause a buffer overflow in pidgin (CVE-2009-1373) and specially crafted packets could crash it (CVE-2009-1375).

- The fix against integer overflows in the msn protocol handling was incomplete (CVE-2009-1376).

- Fixed misparsing ICQ message as SMS DoS (CVE-2009-1889, Pidgin#9483).

Also the Yahoo IM protocol was made to work again.

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=503447

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=517786

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=518301

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 40336

File Name: suse_11_0_finch-090709.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/22/2009

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: High

Base Score: 9.3

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

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-lang, 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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/9/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/26/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-1373, CVE-2009-1375, CVE-2009-1376, CVE-2009-1889

CWE: 119, 189, 399