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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.850547
Category:SuSE Local Security Checks
Title:openSUSE: Security Advisory for pidgin (openSUSE-SU-2013:0511-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'pidgin'; package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'pidgin'
package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Pidgin was updated to 2.10.7 to fix various security issues
and the bug that IRC did not work at all in 12.3.

Changes:

- Add pidgin-irc-sasl.patch: link irc module to SASL.
Allows the IRC module to be loaded (bnc#806975).

- Update to version 2.10.7 (bnc#804742):
+ Alien hatchery:

- No changes
+ General:

- The configure script will now exit with status 1 when
specifying invalid protocol plugins using the

- -with-static-prpls and --with-dynamic-prpls
arguments. (pidgin.im#15316)
+ libpurple:

- Fix a crash when receiving UPnP responses with
abnormally long values. (CVE-2013-0274)

- Don't link directly to libgcrypt when building with
GnuTLS support. (pidgin.im#15329)

- Fix UPnP mappings on routers that return empty
URLBase/ elements in their response. (pidgin.im#15373)

- Tcl plugin uses saner, race-free plugin loading.

- Fix the Tcl signals-test plugin for
savedstatus-changed. (pidgin.im#15443)
+ Pidgin:

- Make Pidgin more friendly to non-X11 GTK+, such as
MacPorts' +no_x11 variant.
+ Gadu-Gadu:

- Fix a crash at startup with large contact list.
Avatar support for buddies will be disabled until 3.0.0.
(pidgin.im#15226, pidgin.im#14305)
+ IRC:

- Support for SASL authentication. (pidgin.im#13270)

- Print topic setter information at channel join.
(pidgin.im#13317)
+ MSN:

- Fix SSL certificate issue when signing into MSN for
some users.

- Fix a crash when removing a user before its icon is
loaded. (pidgin.im#15217)
+ MXit:

- Fix a bug where a remote MXit user could possibly
specify a local file path to be written to. (CVE-2013-0271)

- Fix a bug where the MXit server or a
man-in-the-middle could potentially send specially crafted
data that could overflow a buffer and lead to a crash or
remote code execution. (CVE-2013-0272)

- Display farewell messages in a different colour to
distinguish them from normal messages.

- Add support for typing notification.

- Add support for the Relationship Status profile
attribute.

- Remove all reference to Hidden Number.

- Ignore new invites to join a GroupChat if you're
already joined, or still have a pending invite.

- The buddy's name was not centered vertically in the
buddy-list if they did not have a status-message or mood
set.

- Fix decoding of font-size changes in the markup of
received messages.

- Increase the maximum file size that can be
transferred to 1 MB.

- When setting an avatar image, no longer downscale it
to 96x96.
+ Sametime:

- Fix a crash in Sametime when a malicious server sends
us an abnormally long user ID. (CVE-2013 ...

Description truncated, please see the referenced URL(s) for more information.

Affected Software/OS:
pidgin on openSUSE 12.3

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.8

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-0271
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18386
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2013:0388 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00003.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2013:0405 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00006.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1746-1
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-0272
BugTraq ID: 57951
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57951
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17474
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2013:0407 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00007.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-0273
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18340
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-0274
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18221
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