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Oracle Linux 6 : pidgin (ELSA-2010-0890)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 68143

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2010:0890 :

Updated pidgin packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

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

Multiple NULL pointer dereference flaws were found in the way Pidgin handled Base64 decoding. A remote attacker could use these flaws to crash Pidgin if the target Pidgin user was using the Yahoo! Messenger Protocol, MSN, MySpace, or Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) protocol plug-ins, or using the Microsoft NT LAN Manager (NTLM) protocol for authentication. (CVE-2010-3711)

Red Hat would like to thank the Pidgin project for reporting these issues. Upstream acknowledges Daniel Atallah as the original reporter.

All Pidgin users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve these issues. Pidgin must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2010-0890.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 68143

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2010-0890.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 9/7/2023

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: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-3711

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:pidgin, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:pidgin-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:finch-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libpurple-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:pidgin-perl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:pidgin-docs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:finch, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6, 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: 2/16/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/27/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-3711

BID: 44283

RHSA: 2010:0890