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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : pidgin (MDVSA-2012:029)

2012-09-0600:00:00
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Multiple vulnerabilities has been discovered and corrected in pidgin :

The pidgin_conv_chat_rename_user function in gtkconv.c in Pidgin before 2.10.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) by changing a nickname while in an XMPP chat room (CVE-2011-4939).

The msn_oim_report_to_user function in oim.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.2 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an OIM message that lacks UTF-8 encoding (CVE-2012-1178).

This update provides pidgin 2.10.2, which is not vulnerable to these issues.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2012:029. 
# The text itself is copyright (C) Mandriva S.A.
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(61945);
  script_version("1.8");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/06");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2011-4939", "CVE-2012-1178");
  script_bugtraq_id(52475, 52476);
  script_xref(name:"MDVSA", value:"2012:029");

  script_name(english:"Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : pidgin (MDVSA-2012:029)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security
updates."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Multiple vulnerabilities has been discovered and corrected in pidgin :

The pidgin_conv_chat_rename_user function in gtkconv.c in Pidgin
before 2.10.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service
(NULL pointer dereference and application crash) by changing a
nickname while in an XMPP chat room (CVE-2011-4939).

The msn_oim_report_to_user function in oim.c in the MSN protocol
plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.2 allows remote servers to
cause a denial of service (application crash) via an OIM message that
lacks UTF-8 encoding (CVE-2012-1178).

This update provides pidgin 2.10.2, which is not vulnerable to these
issues."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=60"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=61"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:finch");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64finch0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64purple-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64purple0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libfinch0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libpurple-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libpurple0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:pidgin");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:pidgin-bonjour");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:pidgin-client");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:pidgin-gevolution");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:pidgin-i18n");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:pidgin-meanwhile");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:pidgin-perl");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:pidgin-plugins");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:pidgin-silc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:pidgin-tcl");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2011");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/03/16");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/09/06");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Mandriva Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/Mandrake/release", "Host/Mandrake/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Mandriva / Mandake Linux");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if (cpu !~ "^(amd64|i[3-6]86|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Mandriva / Mandrake Linux", cpu);


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2011", reference:"finch-2.10.2-0.1-mdv2011.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2011", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64finch0-2.10.2-0.1-mdv2011.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2011", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64purple-devel-2.10.2-0.1-mdv2011.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2011", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64purple0-2.10.2-0.1-mdv2011.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2011", cpu:"i386", reference:"libfinch0-2.10.2-0.1-mdv2011.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2011", cpu:"i386", reference:"libpurple-devel-2.10.2-0.1-mdv2011.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2011", cpu:"i386", reference:"libpurple0-2.10.2-0.1-mdv2011.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2011", reference:"pidgin-2.10.2-0.1-mdv2011.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2011", reference:"pidgin-bonjour-2.10.2-0.1-mdv2011.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2011", reference:"pidgin-client-2.10.2-0.1-mdv2011.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2011", reference:"pidgin-gevolution-2.10.2-0.1-mdv2011.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2011", reference:"pidgin-i18n-2.10.2-0.1-mdv2011.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2011", reference:"pidgin-meanwhile-2.10.2-0.1-mdv2011.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2011", reference:"pidgin-perl-2.10.2-0.1-mdv2011.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2011", reference:"pidgin-plugins-2.10.2-0.1-mdv2011.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2011", reference:"pidgin-silc-2.10.2-0.1-mdv2011.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2011", reference:"pidgin-tcl-2.10.2-0.1-mdv2011.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
VendorProductVersionCPE
mandrivalinuxfinchp-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:finch
mandrivalinuxlib64finch0p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64finch0
mandrivalinuxlib64purple-develp-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64purple-devel
mandrivalinuxlib64purple0p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64purple0
mandrivalinuxlibfinch0p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libfinch0
mandrivalinuxlibpurple-develp-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libpurple-devel
mandrivalinuxlibpurple0p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libpurple0
mandrivalinuxpidginp-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:pidgin
mandrivalinuxpidgin-bonjourp-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:pidgin-bonjour
mandrivalinuxpidgin-clientp-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:pidgin-client
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