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openSUSE Security Update : finch (openSUSE-SU-2011:0021-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 53717

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

A NULL pointer dereference DoS has been fixed in pidgin. CVE-2010-4528 has been assigned to this issue.

Solution

Update the affected finch packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=661497

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-01/msg00010.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 53717

File Name: suse_11_2_finch-110107.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/5/2011

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: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpurple, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpurple-meanwhile, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pidgin-devel, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpurple-mono, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpurple-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpurple-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:finch-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpurple-tcl, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pidgin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:finch, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pidgin-otr

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/7/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-4528