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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.71354
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-2476-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'pidgin-otr' package(s) announced via the DSA-2476-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'pidgin-otr' package(s) announced via the DSA-2476-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
intrigeri discovered a format string error in pidgin-otr, an Off-the-Record Messaging plugin for Pidgin.

This could be exploited by a remote attacker to cause arbitrary code to be executed on the user's machine.

The problem is only in pidgin-otr. Other applications which use libotr are not affected.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 3.2.0-5+squeeze1.

For the testing distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 3.2.1-1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 3.2.1-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your pidgin-otr packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'pidgin-otr' package(s) on Debian 6.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.5

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-2369
DSA-2476
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2476
GLSA-201207-05
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-05.xml
SUSE-SU-2012:0703
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00003.html
[oss-security] 20120516 Format string security flaw in pidgin-otr
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/16/2
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG

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