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SuSE 10 Security Update : finch, libpurple, and pidgin (ZYPP Patch Number 8131)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 59682
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Synopsis
The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.Description
Various remote triggerable crashes in pidgin have been fixed :- In some situations the MSN server sends text that isn't UTF-8 encoded, and Pidgin fails to verify the text's encoding. In some cases this can lead to a crash when attempting to display the text (). (CVE-2012-1178)
- Incoming messages with certain characters or character encodings can cause clients to crash. (CVE-2012-1178 / CVE-2012-2318)
- A series of specially crafted file transfer requests can cause clients to reference invalid memory. The user must have accepted one of the file transfer requests.
(CVE-2012-2214)
Solution
Apply ZYPP patch number 8131.See Also
http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1178.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 59682
File Name: suse_finch-8131.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 6/25/2012
Updated: 1/19/2021
Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:suse:suse_linux
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list
Patch Publication Date: 5/15/2012