Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.64727
Category:	Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:	Fedora Core 11 FEDORA-2009-8874 (pidgin)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update to pidgin;announced via advisory FEDORA-2009-8874.;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-2009-8874. Note: This VT has been deprecated and is therefore no longer functional. Vulnerability Insight: Update Information: 2.6.1 fixes an issue where pidgin can crash if you are sent a certain type of URL over Yahoo. ChangeLog: * Wed Aug 19 2009 Warren Togami 2.6.1-1 - 2.6.1: Fix a crash when some users send you a link in a Yahoo IM * Tue Aug 18 2009 Warren Togami 2.6.0-1 - CVE-2009-2694 - Voice and Video support via farsight2 (Fedora 11+) - Numerous other bug fixes * Thu Aug 6 2009 Warren Togami 2.6.0-0.11.20090812 - new snapshot at the request of maiku * Thu Aug 6 2009 Warren Togami 2.6.0-0.10.20090806 - new snapshot - theoretically better sound quality in voice chat * Tue Aug 4 2009 Warren Togami 2.6.0-0.9.20090804 - new snapshot 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: 10.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-2694 Debian Security Information: DSA-1870 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1870 http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9615 http://www.coresecurity.com/content/libpurple-arbitrary-write https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10319 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6320 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2009:1218 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1218.html 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://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266908-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2303 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2663
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2009 E-Soft Inc.

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