Oracle Solaris Third-Party Patch Update : pidgin (multiple_vulnerabilities_in_pidgin)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 80738

Synopsis

The remote Solaris system is missing a security patch for third-party software.

Description

The remote Solaris system is missing necessary patches to address security updates :

- proxy.c in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.4 does not properly handle canceled SOCKS5 connection attempts, which allows user-assisted remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a sequence of XMPP file-transfer requests. (CVE-2012-2214)

- msg.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.4 does not properly handle crafted characters, which allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by placing these characters in a text/ plain message. (CVE-2012-2318)

Solution

Upgrade to Solaris 11/11 SRU 10.5.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?4a913f44

http://www.nessus.org/u?07a786a5

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 80738

File Name: solaris11_pidgin_20121009.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 1/19/2015

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

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: cpe:/o:oracle:solaris:11.0, p-cpe:/a:oracle:solaris:pidgin

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Solaris11/release, Host/Solaris11/pkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 10/9/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2214, CVE-2012-2318