Oracle Linux 6 : pidgin (ELSA-2013-0646)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 68791

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Synopsis

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

Description

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2013:0646 :

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 68791

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2013-0646.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Oracle Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

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: 3/15/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/16/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-0272, CVE-2013-0273, CVE-2013-0274

BID: 48425, 52475, 53400, 54322, 57951, 57954

RHSA: 2013:0646

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