Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.881691
Category:	CentOS Local Security Checks
Title:	CentOS Update for finch CESA-2013:0646 centos6
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. A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the Pidgin MXit protocol plug-in. A malicious server or a remote attacker could use this flaw to crash Pidgin by sending a specially-crafted HTTP request. (CVE-2013-0272) A buffer overflow flaw was found in the Pidgin Sametime protocol plug-in. A malicious server or a remote attacker could use this flaw to crash Pidgin by sending a specially-crafted username. (CVE-2013-0273) A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way Pidgin processed certain UPnP responses. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted UPnP response that, when processed, would crash Pidgin. (CVE-2013-0274) Red Hat would like to thank the Pidgin project for reporting the above issues. Upstream acknowledges Daniel Atallah as the original reporter of CVE-2013-0272. All Pidgin users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve these issues. Pidgin must be restarted for this update to take effect. Affected Software/OS: finch on CentOS 6 Solution: Please install the updated packages. CVSS Score: 6.8 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-0272 BugTraq ID: 57951 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57951 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17474 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2013:0388 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00003.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2013:0405 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00006.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2013:0407 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00007.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1746-1 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-0273 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18340 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-0274 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18221
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