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Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : pidgin (ELSA-2013-0646)

high Nessus Plugin ID 68791

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2013-0646 advisory.

 - Add patch for CVE-2013-0274 (RH bug #910653).
 - Add patch for CVE-2013-0273 (RH bug #910653).
 - Add patch for CVE-2013-0272 (RH bug #910653).
 - Add patch for CVE-2011-2485 (RH bug #837562).
 - Add patch for CVE-2012-1178 (RH bug #837560).
 - Add patch for CVE-2012-2318 (RH bug #837560).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2013-0646.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 68791

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2013-0646.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 4/29/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-0272

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-0273

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:pidgin, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:pidgin-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:finch-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libpurple-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:pidgin-perl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:pidgin-docs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:finch, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libpurple-tcl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libpurple-perl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libpurple

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/15/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/16/2013

Reference Information

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

BID: 48425, 52475, 53400, 54322, 57951, 57954

RHSA: 2013:0646