Scientific Linux Security Update : pidgin on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

medium Nessus Plugin ID 60738

Synopsis

The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

CVE-2010-0277 pidgin MSN protocol plugin memory corruption

CVE-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

http://www.nessus.org/u?f15af321

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/cpu, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 2/18/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-0277, CVE-2010-0420, CVE-2010-0423

CWE: 20, 399