SuSE 10 Security Update : pidgin (ZYPP Patch Number 8475)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 65026

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

pidgin was updated to fix 4 security issues :

- Fixed a crash when receiving UPnP responses with abnormally long values. (CVE-2013-0274, bnc#804742)

- Fixed a crash in Sametime protocol when a malicious server sends us an abnormally long user ID.
(CVE-2013-0273, bnc#804742)

- Fixed 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, bnc#804742)

- Fixed a bug where a remote MXit user could possibly specify a local file path to be written to.
(CVE-2013-0271, bnc#804742)

Solution

Apply ZYPP patch number 8475.

See Also

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0271.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0272.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0273.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0274.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 65026

File Name: suse_finch-8475.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/5/2013

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:suse:suse_linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/27/2013

Reference Information

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