Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.880796
Category:	CentOS Local Security Checks
Title:	CentOS Update for finch CESA-2009:1139 centos5 i386
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'finch'; package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'finch' 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. The AOL Open System for CommunicAtion in Realtime (OSCAR) protocol is used by the AOL ICQ and AIM instant messaging systems. A denial of service flaw was found in the Pidgin OSCAR protocol implementation. If a remote ICQ user sent a web message to a local Pidgin user using this protocol, it would cause excessive memory usage, leading to a denial of service (Pidgin crash). (CVE-2009-1889) These updated packages also fix the following bug: * the Yahoo! Messenger Protocol changed, making it incompatible (and unusable) with Pidgin versions prior to 2.5.7. This update provides Pidgin 2.5.8, which implements version 16 of the Yahoo! Messenger Protocol, which resolves this issue. Note: These packages upgrade Pidgin to version 2.5.8. Refer to the linked Pidgin release notes for a full list of changes. All Pidgin users should upgrade to these updated packages, which correct these issues. Pidgin must be restarted for this update to take effect. Affected Software/OS: finch on CentOS 5 Solution: Please install the updated packages. 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-2009-1889 35530 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35530 35693 http://secunia.com/advisories/35693 35697 http://secunia.com/advisories/35697 35706 http://secunia.com/advisories/35706 37071 http://secunia.com/advisories/37071 ADV-2009-1749 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1749 FEDORA-2009-7359 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00162.html FEDORA-2009-7370 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00176.html FEDORA-2009-7415 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00228.html RHSA-2009:1139 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1139.html USN-796-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-796-1 [devel] 20090528 [patch] libpurple/protocols/oscar: OOM and die on misparsed ICQWebMessage as ICQSMS http://pidgin.im/pipermail/devel/2009-May/008227.html http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/9483 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=508738 oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10004 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10004 pidgin-oscar-dos(51448) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51448
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