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CentOS 5 / 6 : pidgin (CESA-2013:0646)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 65555
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Synopsis
The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.Description
Updated pidgin packages that fix three security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.
Pidgin is an instant messaging program which can log in to multiple accounts on multiple instant messaging networks simultaneously.
A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the Pidgin MXit protocol plug-in. A malicious server or a remote attacker could use this flaw to crash Pidgin by sending a specially crafted HTTP request.
(CVE-2013-0272)
A buffer overflow flaw was found in the Pidgin Sametime protocol plug-in. A malicious server or a remote attacker could use this flaw to crash Pidgin by sending a specially crafted username.
(CVE-2013-0273)
A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way Pidgin processed certain UPnP responses. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted UPnP response that, when processed, would crash Pidgin. (CVE-2013-0274)
Red Hat would like to thank the Pidgin project for reporting the above issues. Upstream acknowledges Daniel Atallah as the original reporter of CVE-2013-0272.
All Pidgin users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve these issues. Pidgin must be restarted for this update to take effect.
Solution
Update the affected pidgin packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 65555
File Name: centos_RHSA-2013-0646.nasl
Version: 1.13
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: CentOS Local Security Checks
Published: 3/15/2013
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-0272
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:finch, cpe:/o:centos:centos:6, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pidgin-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libpurple-perl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pidgin, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pidgin-docs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libpurple-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libpurple, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pidgin-perl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:finch-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libpurple-tcl
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/14/2013
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/16/2013
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2013-0272, CVE-2013-0273, CVE-2013-0274
RHSA: 2013:0646