SuSE 10 Security Update : pidgin (ZYPP Patch Number 6710)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 51726

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

This update of pidgin fixes the following issues :

- Allowed to send confidential data unencrypted even if SSL was chosen by user. (CVE-2009-3026: CVSS v2 Base Score: 5.0)

- Remote denial of service in yahoo IM plug-in.
(CVE-2009-3025: CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.3)

- Remote denial of service in MSN plug-in. (CVE-2009-3083:
CVSS v2 Base Score: 5.0)

- Remote denial of service in MSN plug-in. (CVE-2009-3084:
CVSS v2 Base Score: 5.0)

- Remote denial of service in XMPP plug-in.
(CVE-2009-3085: CVSS v2 Base Score: 5.0)

- Remote denial of service in ICQ plug-in. (CVE-2009-3615:
CVSS v2 Base Score: 5.0)

- QQ protocol upgrade Migrate all QQ accounts to QQ2008.

Solution

Apply ZYPP patch number 6710.

See Also

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3025.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3026.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3083.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3084.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3085.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3615.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 51726

File Name: suse_finch-6710.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/27/2011

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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: cpe:/o:suse:suse_linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/7/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-3025, CVE-2009-3026, CVE-2009-3083, CVE-2009-3084, CVE-2009-3085, CVE-2009-3615

CWE: 119, 20, 310, 399