Debian DSA-2476-1 : pidgin-otr - format string vulnerability

high Nessus Plugin ID 59215

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

intrigeri discovered a format string error in pidgin-otr, an Off-the-Record Messaging plugin for Pidgin.

This could be exploited by a remote attacker to cause arbitrary code to be executed on the user's machine.

The problem is only in pidgin-otr. Other applications which use libotr are not affected.

Solution

Upgrade the pidgin-otr packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 3.2.0-5+squeeze1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 59215

File Name: debian_DSA-2476.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 5/22/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:pidgin-otr, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 5/19/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2369

DSA: 2476

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