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Scientific Linux Security Update : pidgin on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64
medium Nessus Plugin ID 60738
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Synopsis
The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
CVE-2010-0277 pidgin MSN protocol plugin memory corruptionCVE-2010-0420 pidgin: Finch XMPP MUC Crash
CVE-2010-0423 pidgin: Smiley Denial of Service
An input sanitization flaw was found in the way Pidgin's MSN protocol implementation handled MSNSLP invitations. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted INVITE request that would cause a denial of service (memory corruption and Pidgin crash). (CVE-2010-0277)
A denial of service flaw was found in Finch's XMPP chat implementation, when using multi-user chat. If a Finch user in a multi-user chat session were to change their nickname to contain the HTML 'br' element, it would cause Finch to crash. (CVE-2010-0420)
A denial of service flaw was found in the way Pidgin processed emoticon images. A remote attacker could flood the victim with emoticon images during mutual communication, leading to excessive CPU use. (CVE-2010-0423)
Pidgin must be restarted for this update to take effect.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 60738
File Name: sl_20100218_pidgin_on_SL4_x.nasl
Version: 1.7
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 8/1/2012
Updated: 1/14/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
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: x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Patch Publication Date: 2/18/2010