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Test ID: | 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.71286 |
Category: | FreeBSD Local Security Checks |
Title: | FreeBSD Ports: libpurple |
Summary: | The remote host is missing an update to the system; as announced in the referenced advisory. |
Description: | Summary: The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory. Vulnerability Insight: The following package is affected: libpurple CVE-2012-1178 The msn_oim_report_to_user function in oim.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.2 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an OIM message that lacks UTF-8 encoding. Solution: Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades. 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-2012-1178 50005 http://secunia.com/advisories/50005 52475 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52475 MDVSA-2012:029 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:029 RHSA-2012:1102 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1102.html http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/14884 http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/60f8379d0a610538cf42e0dd9ab1436c8b9308cd/with/3053d6a37cc6d8774aba7607b992a4408216adcd/libpurple/protocols/msn/oim.c http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/3053d6a37cc6d8774aba7607b992a4408216adcd http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=61 oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18019 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18019 |
Copyright | Copyright (C) 2012 E-Soft Inc. |
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