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FreeBSD : pidgin -- multiple remote denial of service vulnerabilities (a2c4d3d5-4c7b-11df-83fb-0015587e2cc1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 45585
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Synopsis
The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.Description
Three denial of service vulnerabilities where found in pidgin and allow remote attackers to crash the application. The developers summarized these problems as follows :Pidgin can become unresponsive when displaying large numbers of smileys
Certain nicknames in group chat rooms can trigger a crash in Finch
Failure to validate all fields of an incoming message can trigger a crash
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=43
http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=44
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 45585
File Name: freebsd_pkg_a2c4d3d54c7b11df83fb0015587e2cc1.nasl
Version: 1.14
Type: local
Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks
Published: 4/21/2010
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: 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: 4/20/2010
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/18/2010
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2010-0277, CVE-2010-0420, CVE-2010-0423
BID: 38294