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openSUSE Security Update : pidgin (openSUSE-SU-2012:0905-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 74688

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

Changes in pidgin :

 - Fixing bnc#752275, CVE-2012-1178: Pidgin fails to verify the text's utf-8 encoding

Solution

Update the affected pidgin packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=752275

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-07/msg00041.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 74688

File Name: openSUSE-2012-432.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pidgin-evolution-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpurple-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pidgin, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pidgin-evolution, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pidgin-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpurple-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpurple-tcl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:finch-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pidgin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpurple-meanwhile, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pidgin-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpurple-branding-upstream, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpurple-tcl, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpurple-meanwhile-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpurple, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpurple-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:finch-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:finch

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 7/16/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/15/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-1178