Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.67503
Category:	Slackware Local Security Checks
Title:	Slackware: Security Advisory (SSA:2010-138-01)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'pidgin' package(s) announced via the SSA:2010-138-01 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'pidgin' package(s) announced via the SSA:2010-138-01 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: New pidgin packages are available for Slackware 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 13.0 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/pidgin-2.7.0-i486-1_slack13.0.txz: Upgraded. Upgraded to pidgin-2.7.0 and pidgin-encryption-3.1. The msn_emoticon_msg function in slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.7.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a custom emoticon in a malformed SLP message. For more information, see: [link moved to references] (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Affected Software/OS: 'pidgin' package(s) on Slackware 12.0, Slackware 12.1, Slackware 12.2, Slackware 13.0, Slackware current. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 5.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2010-1624 39801 http://secunia.com/advisories/39801 40138 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40138 41899 http://secunia.com/advisories/41899 ADV-2010-1141 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1141 ADV-2010-2755 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2755 MDVSA-2010:097 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:097 RHSA-2010:0788 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0788.html USN-1014-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1014-1 http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/884d44222e8c81ecec51c25e07d005e002a5479b/with/894460d22c434e73d60b71ec031611988e687c8b/libpurple/protocols/msn/slp.c http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/894460d22c434e73d60b71ec031611988e687c8b http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/index.php?id=46 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=589973 oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18547 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18547 pidgin-slp-packets-dos(58559) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/58559
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