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openSUSE Security Update : finch (finch-2032)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 44979

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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

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=567799

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=569616

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 44979

File Name: suse_11_1_finch-100219.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/4/2010

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: 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: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:11.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 2/19/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-0013, CVE-2010-0277, CVE-2010-0420, CVE-2010-0423

CWE: 20, 22, 399