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openSUSE Security Update : pidgin (openSUSE-SU-2013:0405-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 74915

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

pidgin was updated to fix security issues :

 - Fix a crash when receiving UPnP responses with abnormally long values. (CVE-2013-0274)

 - Fix a crash in Sametime when a malicious server sends us an abnormally long user ID. (CVE-2013-0273)

 - Fix a bug where the MXit server or a man-in-the-middle could potentially send specially crafted data that could overflow a buffer and lead to a crash or remote code execution.(CVE-2013-0272)

 - Fix a bug where a remote MXit user could possibly specify a local file path to be written to.
 (CVE-2013-0271)

Solution

Update the affected pidgin packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=804742

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00016.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 74915

File Name: openSUSE-2013-177.nasl

Version: 1.6

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: 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: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, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:finch

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/27/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-0271, CVE-2013-0272, CVE-2013-0273, CVE-2013-0274