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Oracle Linux 6 : pidgin (ELSA-2014-0139)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 72362

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2014-0139 advisory.

 - Fix regression in CVE-2013-6483.
 - Fix patch for CVE-2012-6152 (RH bug #1058242).
 - Add patch for CVE-2014-0020 (RH bug #1058242).
 - Add patch for CVE-2013-6490 (RH bug #1058242).
 - Add patch for CVE-2013-6489 (RH bug #1058242).
 - Add patch for CVE-2013-6487 (RH bug #1058242).
 - Add patch for CVE-2013-6477 (RH bug #1058242).
 - Add patch for CVE-2013-6485 (RH bug #1058242).
 - Add patch for CVE-2013-6484 (RH bug #1058242).
 - Add patch for CVE-2013-6483 (RH bug #1058242).
 - Add patch for CVE-2013-6482 (RH bug #1058242).
 - Add patch for CVE-2013-6481 (RH bug #1058242).
 - Add patch for CVE-2013-6479 (RH bug #1058242).
 - Turns out the previous patch is actually for CVE-2013-6478.
 - Add patch for CVE-2013-6477 (RH bug #1058242).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0139.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 72362

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2014-0139.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/6/2014

Updated: 4/29/2025

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-6490

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-6485

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: 2/5/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/6/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-6152, 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: 65188, 65192, 65195, 65243, 65492

RHSA: 2014:0139