The version of pidgin installed on the remote host is prior to 2.10.11-9. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2115 advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory ALAS-2023-2115.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(178558);
script_version("1.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/07/20");
script_cve_id("CVE-2022-26491");
script_name(english:"Amazon Linux 2 : pidgin (ALAS-2023-2115)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of pidgin installed on the remote host is prior to 2.10.11-9. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability
as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2115 advisory.
- An issue was discovered in Pidgin before 2.14.9. A remote attacker who can spoof DNS responses can
redirect a client connection to a malicious server. The client will perform TLS certificate verification
of the malicious domain name instead of the original XMPP service domain, allowing the attacker to take
over control over the XMPP connection and to obtain user credentials and all communication content. This
is similar to CVE-2022-24968. (CVE-2022-26491)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2023-2115.html");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-26491.html");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Run 'yum update pidgin' to update your system.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2022-26491");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2022/06/02");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/07/05");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/07/20");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:finch");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:finch-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libpurple");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libpurple-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libpurple-perl");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libpurple-tcl");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pidgin");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pidgin-debuginfo");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pidgin-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pidgin-perl");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Amazon Linux Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/AmazonLinux/release", "Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list");
exit(0);
}
include("rpm.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var alas_release = get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/release");
if (isnull(alas_release) || !strlen(alas_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux");
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^AL(A|\d+|-\d+)", string:alas_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Amazon Linux");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (os_ver != "2")
{
if (os_ver == 'A') os_ver = 'AMI';
audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux 2", "Amazon Linux " + os_ver);
}
if (!get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
var pkgs = [
{'reference':'finch-2.10.11-9.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'finch-2.10.11-9.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'finch-2.10.11-9.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'finch-devel-2.10.11-9.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'finch-devel-2.10.11-9.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'finch-devel-2.10.11-9.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'libpurple-2.10.11-9.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'libpurple-2.10.11-9.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'libpurple-2.10.11-9.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'libpurple-devel-2.10.11-9.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'libpurple-devel-2.10.11-9.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'libpurple-devel-2.10.11-9.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'libpurple-perl-2.10.11-9.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'libpurple-perl-2.10.11-9.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'libpurple-perl-2.10.11-9.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'libpurple-tcl-2.10.11-9.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'libpurple-tcl-2.10.11-9.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'libpurple-tcl-2.10.11-9.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'pidgin-2.10.11-9.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'pidgin-2.10.11-9.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'pidgin-2.10.11-9.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'pidgin-debuginfo-2.10.11-9.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'pidgin-debuginfo-2.10.11-9.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'pidgin-debuginfo-2.10.11-9.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'pidgin-devel-2.10.11-9.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'pidgin-devel-2.10.11-9.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'pidgin-devel-2.10.11-9.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'pidgin-perl-2.10.11-9.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'pidgin-perl-2.10.11-9.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'pidgin-perl-2.10.11-9.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
];
var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
var reference = NULL;
var _release = NULL;
var sp = NULL;
var _cpu = NULL;
var el_string = NULL;
var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
var epoch = NULL;
var allowmaj = NULL;
var exists_check = NULL;
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = package_array['release'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['sp'])) sp = package_array['sp'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cpu'])) _cpu = package_array['cpu'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['el_string'])) el_string = package_array['el_string'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['epoch'])) epoch = package_array['epoch'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = package_array['allowmaj'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['exists_check'])) exists_check = package_array['exists_check'];
if (reference && _release && (!exists_check || rpm_exists(release:_release, rpm:exists_check))) {
if (rpm_check(release:_release, sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj)) flag++;
}
}
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_WARNING,
extra : rpm_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
var tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "finch / finch-devel / libpurple / etc");
}
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
amazon | linux | finch | p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:finch |
amazon | linux | finch-devel | p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:finch-devel |
amazon | linux | libpurple | p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libpurple |
amazon | linux | libpurple-devel | p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libpurple-devel |
amazon | linux | libpurple-perl | p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libpurple-perl |
amazon | linux | libpurple-tcl | p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libpurple-tcl |
amazon | linux | pidgin | p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pidgin |
amazon | linux | pidgin-debuginfo | p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pidgin-debuginfo |
amazon | linux | pidgin-devel | p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pidgin-devel |
amazon | linux | pidgin-perl | p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pidgin-perl |