Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.64666
Category:	Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:	RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:1218
Summary:	Redhat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:1218
Description:	The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory RHSA-2009:1218. Pidgin is an instant messaging program which can log in to multiple accounts on multiple instant messaging networks simultaneously. Federico Muttis of Core Security Technologies discovered a flaw in Pidgin's MSN protocol handler. If a user received a malicious MSN message, it was possible to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running Pidgin. (CVE-2009-2694) Note: Users can change their privacy settings to only allow messages from users on their buddy list to limit the impact of this flaw. These packages upgrade Pidgin to version 2.5.9. Refer to the Pidgin release notes for a full list of changes: http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog All Pidgin users should upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve this issue. Pidgin must be restarted for this update to take effect. Solution: Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1218.html http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-2694 http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9615 http://www.coresecurity.com/content/libpurple-arbitrary-write Debian Security Information: DSA-1870 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1870 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2009:1218 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1218.html http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266908-1 http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10319 http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6320 http://secunia.com/advisories/36384 http://secunia.com/advisories/36392 http://secunia.com/advisories/36401 http://secunia.com/advisories/36402 http://secunia.com/advisories/36708 http://secunia.com/advisories/37071 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2303 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2663
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