Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.871123
Category:	Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:	RedHat Update for pidgin RHSA-2014:0139-01
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'pidgin'; package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'pidgin' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Pidgin is an instant messaging program which can log in to multiple accounts on multiple instant messaging networks simultaneously. A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way Pidgin processed certain HTTP responses. A malicious server could send a specially crafted HTTP response, causing Pidgin to crash or potentially execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running Pidgin. (CVE-2013-6485) Multiple heap-based buffer overflow flaws were found in several protocol plug-ins in Pidgin (Gadu-Gadu, MXit, SIMPLE). A malicious server could send a specially crafted message, causing Pidgin to crash or potentially execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running Pidgin. (CVE-2013-6487, CVE-2013-6489, CVE-2013-6490) Multiple denial of service flaws were found in several protocol plug-ins in Pidgin (Yahoo!, XMPP, MSN, stun, IRC). A remote attacker could use these flaws to crash Pidgin by sending a specially crafted message. (CVE-2012-6152, CVE-2013-6477, CVE-2013-6481, CVE-2013-6482, CVE-2013-6484, CVE-2014-0020) It was found that the Pidgin XMPP protocol plug-in did not verify the origin of 'iq' replies. A remote attacker could use this flaw to spoof an 'iq' reply, which could lead to injection of fake data or cause Pidgin to crash via a NULL pointer dereference. (CVE-2013-6483) A flaw was found in the way Pidgin parsed certain HTTP response headers. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash Pidgin via a specially crafted HTTP response header. (CVE-2013-6479) It was found that Pidgin crashed when a mouse pointer was hovered over a long URL. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash Pidgin by sending a message containing a long URL string. (CVE-2013-6478) Red Hat would like to thank the Pidgin project for reporting these issues. Upstream acknowledges Thijs Alkemade, Robert Vehse, Jaime Breva Ribes, Jacob Appelbaum of the Tor Project, Daniel Atallah, Fabian Yamaguchi and Christian Wressnegger of the University of Goettingen, Matt Jones of Volvent, and Yves Younan, Ryan Pentney, and Pawel Janic of Sourcefire VRT as the original reporters of these issues. All pidgin users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. Pidgin must be restarted for this update to take effect. Affected Software/OS: pidgin on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6), Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) Solution: Please Install the Updated Packages. CVSS Score: 10.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-6152 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2014:0139 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0139.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2014:0239 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00039.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2014:0326 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00005.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2100-1 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-6477 Debian Security Information: DSA-2859 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2859 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-6478 http://pidgin.im/pipermail/support/2013-March/012980.html http://pidgin.im/pipermail/support/2013-March/012981.html Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-6479 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-6481 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-6482 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-6483 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-6484 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-6485 BugTraq ID: 65243 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65243 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-6487 BugTraq ID: 65188 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65188 Debian Security Information: DSA-2852 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2852 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128277.html https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201508-02 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:039 http://libgadu.net/releases/1.11.3.html http://vrt-blog.snort.org/2014/01/vrt-2013-1001-cve-2013-6487-buffer.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2101-1 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-6489 BugTraq ID: 65192 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65192 http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/4c897372b5a4 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-6490 BugTraq ID: 65195 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65195 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-0020
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