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GLSA-201405-22 : Pidgin: Multiple vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 74064

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201405-22 (Pidgin: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Pidgin. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the Pidgin process, cause a Denial of Service condition, overwrite files, or spoof traffic.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Pidgin users on HPPA or users of GNOME 3.8 and later on AMD64 or X86 should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-im/pidgin-2.10.9-r1' All Pidgin users on ALPHA, PPC, PPC64, SPARC, and users of GNOME before 3.8 on AMD64 and X86 should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-im/pidgin-2.10.9'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201405-22

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 74064

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201405-22.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Published: 5/19/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:pidgin, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/18/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-6152, CVE-2013-0271, CVE-2013-0272, CVE-2013-0273, CVE-2013-0274, CVE-2013-6477, CVE-2013-6478, CVE-2013-6479, CVE-2013-6481, CVE-2013-6482, CVE-2013-6483, CVE-2013-6484, CVE-2013-6485, CVE-2013-6487, CVE-2013-6489, CVE-2013-6490, CVE-2014-0020

BID: 57951, 57952, 57954, 65188, 65192, 65195, 65243, 65492

GLSA: 201405-22