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openSUSE Security Update : finch (finch-1088)
high Nessus Plugin ID 40338
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
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 40338
File Name: suse_11_1_finch-090708.nasl
Version: 1.14
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 7/22/2009
Updated: 1/14/2021
Supported Sensors: 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: 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:libpurple, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpurple-meanwhile, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pidgin-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpurple-mono, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpurple-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpurple-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:finch-devel, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pidgin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:finch
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 7/8/2009
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/26/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-1373, CVE-2009-1375, CVE-2009-1376, CVE-2009-1889