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Pidgin < 2.7.10 Information Disclosure

medium Nessus Plugin ID 52042

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Synopsis

An instant messaging client installed on the remote Windows host is affected by an information disclosure vulnerability.

Description

The version of Pidgin installed on the remote host is earlier than 2.7.10. Such versions are potentially affected by an information disclosure vulnerability because the application does not properly clear certain data structures used in 'libpurple/cipher.c' prior to freeing. An attacker, exploiting this flaw, could potentially extract partial information from memory regions freed by libpurple.

Solution

Upgrade to Pidgin 2.7.10 or later.

See Also

http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog

http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=50

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 52042

File Name: pidgin_2_7_10.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 2/21/2011

Updated: 7/24/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:pidgin:pidgin

Required KB Items: SMB/Pidgin/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/6/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/6/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-4922

BID: 46307

Secunia: 43271