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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.66946
Category:Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:Fedora Core 12 FEDORA-2010-1383 (pidgin)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:
The remote host is missing an update to pidgin
announced via advisory FEDORA-2010-1383.

Update Information:

2.6.6 with security and numerous minor bug fixes CVE-2010-0277 CVE-2010-0420
CVE-2010-0423

References:

[ 1 ] Bug #554335 - CVE-2010-0277 pidgin MSN protocol plugin memory corruption
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=554335
[ 2 ] Bug #565786 - CVE-2010-0420 pidgin: Finch XMPP MUC Crash
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=565786
[ 3 ] Bug #565792 - CVE-2010-0423 pidgin: Smiley Denial of Service
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=565792

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.
For more information, refer to Managing Software with yum,
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2010-1383

Risk factor : Medium

CVSS Score:
5.0

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2010-0277
BugTraq ID: 38294
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38294
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035332.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035409.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035347.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:041
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:085
http://events.ccc.de/congress/2009/Fahrplan/events/3596.en.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/07/2
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18348
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9421
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2010:0115
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0115.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/38563
http://secunia.com/advisories/38640
http://secunia.com/advisories/38658
http://secunia.com/advisories/38712
http://secunia.com/advisories/38915
http://secunia.com/advisories/41868
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2010:006 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-902-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0413
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1020
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2693
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2010-0420
38294
38563
38640
38658
38712
38915
39509
http://secunia.com/advisories/39509
62439
http://www.osvdb.org/62439
ADV-2010-0413
ADV-2010-0914
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0914
ADV-2010-1020
DSA-2038
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2038
FEDORA-2010-1279
FEDORA-2010-1383
FEDORA-2010-1934
MDVSA-2010:041
MDVSA-2010:085
RHSA-2010:0115
SUSE-SR:2010:006
USN-902-1
http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog
http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=44
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=565786
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11485
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11485
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18230
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18230
pidgin-xmpp-nickname-dos(56399)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56399
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2010-0423
62440
http://www.osvdb.org/62440
http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=45
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=565792
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17554
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17554
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9842
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9842
pidgin-smileys-dos(56394)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56394
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2010-0013
1022203
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1022203.1-1
277450
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-277450-1
37953
http://secunia.com/advisories/37953
37954
http://secunia.com/advisories/37954
37961
http://secunia.com/advisories/37961
ADV-2009-3662
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3662
ADV-2009-3663
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3663
FEDORA-2010-0368
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-January/033771.html
FEDORA-2010-0429
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-January/033848.html
[oss-security] 20100102 CVE request - pidgin MSN arbitrary file upload
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/02/1
[oss-security] 20100107 Re: CVE request - pidgin MSN arbitrary file upload
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/07/1
http://d.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/3d02401cf232459fc80c0837d31e05fae7ae5467
http://d.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/4be2df4f72bd8a55cdae7f2554b73342a497c92f
http://d.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/c64a1adc8bda2b4aeaae1f273541afbc4f71b810
http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/3d02401cf232459fc80c0837d31e05fae7ae5467/with/c64a1adc8bda2b4aeaae1f273541afbc4f71b810/libpurple/protocols/msn/slp.c
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=552483
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10333
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10333
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17620
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17620
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