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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 10.10 / 11.04 / 11.10 : empathy vulnerabilities (USN-1250-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 56680
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Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.Description
It was discovered that a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Adium theme allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript or HTML via a crafted nickname in XMPP group conversations.Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected empathy package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 56680
File Name: ubuntu_USN-1250-1.nasl
Version: 1.7
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 10/31/2011
Updated: 9/19/2019
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.0
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:empathy, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/28/2011
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/23/2011
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2011-3635, CVE-2011-4170
BID: 50323
USN: 1250-1