Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800931
Category:	General
Title:	Pidgin Multiple Vulnerabilities - Sep09 (Win)
Summary:	Check for the version of Pidgin
Description:	Overview: This host has Pidgin installed and is prone to multiple vulnerabilities. Vulnerability Insight: - The application connects to Jabberd servers that are not fully compliant with the XMPP specifications without encryption, even if the 'Require SSL/TLS' setting is configured. - An error ocurrs in compililg libpurple while processing malicious links received via the Yahoo Messenger protocol. Impact: Successful exploitation will let the attacker obtain sensitive information by sniffing XMPP sessions and cause application crash. Impact Level: Application Affected Software/OS: Pidgin version 2.6.0 on Windows Fix: Upgrade to Pidgin version 2.6.1 http://pidgin.im/download References: http://secunia.com/advisories/36384/ http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=35 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=542891 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/19/2
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-3025 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/19/2 http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6167 XForce ISS Database: pidgin-unspecified-dos(52994) http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/52994 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-3026 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/24/2 BugTraq ID: 36368 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36368 http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11070 http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5757 http://secunia.com/advisories/37071 XForce ISS Database: pidgin-libpurple-weak-security(53000) http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/53000
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH

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