Fedora 15 : pidgin-2.10.4-1.fc15 (2012-8669)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 59433

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Fix for CVE-2012-2214 and CVE-2012-2318.

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Solution

Update the affected pidgin package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 59433

File Name: fedora_2012-8669.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 6/11/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:pidgin, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:15

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/1/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2214, CVE-2012-2318

BID: 53400, 53706

FEDORA: 2012-8669

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