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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 11.10 / 12.04 LTS / 12.10 : pidgin vulnerabilities (USN-1746-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 64890
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Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.Description
Chris Wysopal discovered that Pidgin incorrectly handled file transfers in the MXit protocol handler. A remote attacker could use this issue to create or overwrite arbitrary files. This issue only affected Ubuntu 11.10, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 12.10.(CVE-2013-0271)
It was discovered that Pidgin incorrectly handled long HTTP headers in the MXit protocol handler. A malicious remote server could use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2013-0272)
It was discovered that Pidgin incorrectly handled long user IDs in the Sametime protocol handler. A malicious remote server could use this issue to cause Pidgin to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2013-0273)
It was discovered that Pidgin incorrectly handled long strings when processing UPnP responses. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Pidgin to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2013-0274).
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected libpurple0 and / or pidgin packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 64890
File Name: ubuntu_USN-1746-1.nasl
Version: 1.9
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 2/26/2013
Updated: 9/19/2019
Supported Sensors: Agentless 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:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpurple0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pidgin, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/25/2013
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/16/2013
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2013-0271, CVE-2013-0272, CVE-2013-0273, CVE-2013-0274
USN: 1746-1