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Ubuntu 8.04 LTS / 8.10 / 9.04 : pidgin vulnerability (USN-820-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 40752

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

Federico Muttis 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.

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Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/820-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 40752

File Name: ubuntu_USN-820-1.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/24/2009

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:finch-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pidgin-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04, 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:8.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pidgin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gaim, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10, 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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/20/2009

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2694

BID: 36071

CWE: 399

USN: 820-1