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openSUSE Security Update : finch (finch-2032)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 44976
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Synopsis
The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.Description
This update of pidgin fixes various security vulnerabilities- CVE-2010-0013: CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.3: Path Traversal (CWE-22) Remote file disclosure vulnerability by using the MSN protocol.
- CVE-2010-0277: CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.9: Resource Management Errors (CWE-399) MSN protocol plugin in libpurple allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) at least.
- CVE-2010-0420 Same nick names in XMPP MUC lead to a crash in finch.
- CVE-2010-0423 A remote denial of service attack (resource consumption) is possible by sending an IM with a lot of smilies in it.
Solution
Update the affected finch packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 44976
File Name: suse_11_0_finch-100219.nasl
Version: 1.9
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 3/4/2010
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: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpurple-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:finch-devel, 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
Patch Publication Date: 2/19/2010
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2010-0013, CVE-2010-0277, CVE-2010-0420, CVE-2010-0423