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Debian DLA-542-1 : pidgin security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 91922

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

Numerous security issues have been identified and fixed in Pidgin in Debian/Wheezy.

CVE-2016-2365

MXIT Markup Command Denial of Service Vulnerability

CVE-2016-2366

MXIT Table Command Denial of Service Vulnerability

CVE-2016-2367

MXIT Avatar Length Memory Disclosure Vulnerability

CVE-2016-2368

MXIT g_snprintf Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-2369

MXIT CP_SOCK_REC_TERM Denial of Service Vulnerability

CVE-2016-2370

MXIT Custom Resource Denial of Service Vulnerability

CVE-2016-2371

MXIT Extended Profiles Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE-2016-2372

MXIT File Transfer Length Memory Disclosure Vulnerability

CVE-2016-2373

MXIT Contact Mood Denial of Service Vulnerability

CVE-2016-2374

MXIT MultiMX Message Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE-2016-2375

MXIT Suggested Contacts Memory Disclosure Vulnerability

CVE-2016-2376

MXIT read stage 0x3 Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE-2016-2377

MXIT HTTP Content-Length Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

CVE-2016-2378

MXIT get_utf8_string Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE-2016-2380

MXIT mxit_convert_markup_tx Information Leak Vulnerability

CVE-2016-4323

MXIT Splash Image Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 2.10.10-1~deb7u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your pidgin packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2016/07/msg00003.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/pidgin

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 91922

File Name: debian_DLA-542.nasl

Version: 2.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/5/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:finch, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:finch-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpurple-bin, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpurple-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpurple0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:pidgin, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:pidgin-data, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:pidgin-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:pidgin-dev, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/4/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2365, CVE-2016-2366, CVE-2016-2367, CVE-2016-2368, CVE-2016-2369, CVE-2016-2370, CVE-2016-2371, CVE-2016-2372, CVE-2016-2373, CVE-2016-2374, CVE-2016-2375, CVE-2016-2376, CVE-2016-2377, CVE-2016-2378, CVE-2016-2380, CVE-2016-4323