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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.64351
Category:Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:Fedora Core 11 FEDORA-2009-7359 (pidgin)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update to pidgin;announced via advisory FEDORA-2009-7359.;Note: This VT has been deprecated and is therefore no longer functional.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update to pidgin
announced via advisory FEDORA-2009-7359.
Note: This VT has been deprecated and is therefore no longer functional.

Vulnerability Insight:
Update Information:

Several important bug fixes: - More fixes for Yahoo protocol 16 - MSN,
MySpace, XMPP - CVE-2009-1889

ChangeLog:

* Sun Jun 28 2009 Warren Togami 2.5.8-1

- 2.5.8 with several important bug fixes

* Mon Jun 22 2009 Warren Togami 2.5.7-2

- glib2 compat with RHEL-4

* Sat Jun 20 2009 Warren Togami 2.5.7-1

- 2.5.7 with Yahoo Protocol 16 support

* Wed May 20 2009 Stu Tomlinson 2.5.6-1

- 2.5.6

* Mon Apr 20 2009 Warren Togami 2.5.5-3

- F12+ removed krb4

Solution:
Apply the appropriate updates.

This update can be installed with the yum update program. Use
su -c 'yum update pidgin' at the command line.

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-2009-1889
35530
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35530
35693
http://secunia.com/advisories/35693
35697
http://secunia.com/advisories/35697
35706
http://secunia.com/advisories/35706
37071
http://secunia.com/advisories/37071
ADV-2009-1749
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1749
FEDORA-2009-7359
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00162.html
FEDORA-2009-7370
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00176.html
FEDORA-2009-7415
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00228.html
RHSA-2009:1139
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1139.html
USN-796-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-796-1
[devel] 20090528 [patch] libpurple/protocols/oscar: OOM and die on misparsed ICQWebMessage as ICQSMS
http://pidgin.im/pipermail/devel/2009-May/008227.html
http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/9483
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=508738
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10004
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10004
pidgin-oscar-dos(51448)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51448
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