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FreeBSD : pidgin -- multiple vulnerabilities (b1ca65e6-5aaf-11de-bc9b-0030843d3802)
high Nessus Plugin ID 39426
Synopsis
The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.Description
Secunia reports :Some vulnerabilities and weaknesses have been reported in Pidgin, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS or to potentially compromise a user's system.
A truncation error in the processing of MSN SLP messages can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow.
A boundary error in the XMPP SOCKS5 'bytestream' server when initiating an outgoing file transfer can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow.
A boundary error exists in the implementation of the 'PurpleCircBuffer' structure. This can be exploited to corrupt memory and cause a crash via specially crafted XMPP or Sametime packets.
A boundary error in the 'decrypt_out()' function can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow with 8 bytes and crash the application via a specially crafted QQ packet.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=29
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=30
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 39426
File Name: freebsd_pkg_b1ca65e65aaf11debc9b0030843d3802.nasl
Version: 1.16
Type: local
Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks
Published: 6/17/2009
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Temporal Score: 8.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:finch, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:libpurple, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:pidgin, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 6/16/2009
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/3/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-1373, CVE-2009-1374, CVE-2009-1375, CVE-2009-1376
BID: 35067