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Alpine: finch, libpurple, multiple pidgin packages: security update to 2.14.9-r0

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 406410

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - An issue was discovered in Pidgin before 2.14.9. A remote attacker who can spoof DNS responses can
 redirect a client connection to a malicious server. The client will perform TLS certificate verification
 of the malicious domain name instead of the original XMPP service domain, allowing the attacker to take
 over control over the XMPP connection and to obtain user credentials and all communication content. This
 is similar to CVE-2022-24968. (CVE-2022-26491)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-26491

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 406410

Version: Revision 1.29

Type: Local

Published: 10/31/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-26491

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/31/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-26491