Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800423
Category:	Denial of Service
Title:	Pidgin MSN Protocol Plugin Denial Of Service Vulnerability (Win)
Summary:	Check for the version of Pidgin
Description:	Overview: This host has Pidgin installed and is prone to Denial Of Service vulnerability Vulnerability Insight: This issue is due to an error in 'slp.c' within the 'MSN protocol plugin' in 'libpurple' when processing MSN request. Impact: Attackers can exploit this issue to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors. Impact Level: Application Affected Software/OS: Pidgin version prior to 2.6.4 on Windows. Fix: Upgrade to Pidgin version 2.6.6 or later. For updates refer to http://pidgin.im/download References: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/07/2 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2010-0277
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2010-0277 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/07/2 http://events.ccc.de/congress/2009/Fahrplan/events/3596.en.html 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 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2010:0115 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0115.html 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 BugTraq ID: 38294 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38294 http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9421 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 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0413 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1020 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2693
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