Oracle Linux 4 : pidgin (ELSA-2010-0115)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 68001

Synopsis

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

Description

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2010:0115 :

Updated pidgin packages that fix three security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Pidgin is an instant messaging program which can log in to multiple accounts on multiple instant messaging networks simultaneously.

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)

Red Hat would like to thank Sadrul Habib Chowdhury of the Pidgin project for responsibly reporting the CVE-2010-0420 issue.

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)

These packages upgrade Pidgin to version 2.6.6. Refer to the Pidgin release notes for a full list of changes:
http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog

All Pidgin users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which correct these issues. Pidgin must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Solution

Update the affected pidgin packages.

See Also

https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2010-February/001363.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 68001

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2010-0115.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:pidgin, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:pidgin-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:finch-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:4, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libpurple-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:pidgin-perl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:finch, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libpurple-tcl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libpurple-perl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libpurple

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/18/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/9/2010

Reference Information

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

BID: 38294

CWE: 20, 399

RHSA: 2010:0115