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RHEL 4 / 5 : pidgin (RHSA-2010:0115)

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Updated pidgin packages that fix three security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Pidgin is an instant messaging program which can log in to multiple accounts on multiple instant messaging networks simultaneously.

An input sanitization flaw was found in the way Pidgin’s MSN protocol implementation handled MSNSLP invitations. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted INVITE request that would cause a denial of service (memory corruption and Pidgin crash). (CVE-2010-0277)

A denial of service flaw was found in Finch’s XMPP chat implementation, when using multi-user chat. If a Finch user in a multi-user chat session were to change their nickname to contain the HTML β€˜br’ element, it would cause Finch to crash. (CVE-2010-0420)

Red Hat would like to thank Sadrul Habib Chowdhury of the Pidgin project for responsibly reporting the CVE-2010-0420 issue.

A denial of service flaw was found in the way Pidgin processed emoticon images. A remote attacker could flood the victim with emoticon images during mutual communication, leading to excessive CPU use. (CVE-2010-0423)

These packages upgrade Pidgin to version 2.6.6. Refer to the Pidgin release notes for a full list of changes:
http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog

All Pidgin users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which correct these issues. Pidgin must be restarted for this update to take effect.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2010:0115. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
#

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

if (description)
{
  script_id(44666);
  script_version("1.25");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/14");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2010-0277", "CVE-2010-0420", "CVE-2010-0423");
  script_bugtraq_id(38294);
  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2010:0115");

  script_name(english:"RHEL 4 / 5 : pidgin (RHSA-2010:0115)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks the rpm output for the updated packages");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Updated pidgin packages that fix three security issues are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the
Red Hat Security Response Team.

Pidgin is an instant messaging program which can log in to multiple
accounts on multiple instant messaging networks simultaneously.

An input sanitization flaw was found in the way Pidgin's MSN protocol
implementation handled MSNSLP invitations. A remote attacker could
send a specially crafted INVITE request that would cause a denial of
service (memory corruption and Pidgin crash). (CVE-2010-0277)

A denial of service flaw was found in Finch's XMPP chat
implementation, when using multi-user chat. If a Finch user in a
multi-user chat session were to change their nickname to contain the
HTML 'br' element, it would cause Finch to crash. (CVE-2010-0420)

Red Hat would like to thank Sadrul Habib Chowdhury of the Pidgin
project for responsibly reporting the CVE-2010-0420 issue.

A denial of service flaw was found in the way Pidgin processed
emoticon images. A remote attacker could flood the victim with
emoticon images during mutual communication, leading to excessive CPU
use. (CVE-2010-0423)

These packages upgrade Pidgin to version 2.6.6. Refer to the Pidgin
release notes for a full list of changes:
http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog

All Pidgin users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which correct these issues. Pidgin must be restarted for this update
to take effect."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-0277"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-0420"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-0423"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0115"
  );
  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:N/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/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_cwe_id(20, 399);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:finch");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:finch-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libpurple");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libpurple-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libpurple-perl");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libpurple-tcl");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pidgin");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pidgin-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pidgin-perl");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.8");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.4");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2010/01/09");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2010/02/18");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2010/02/19");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Red Hat Local Security Checks");

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

  exit(0);
}


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

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Red Hat" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Red Hat");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^(4|5)([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat 4.x / 5.x", "Red Hat " + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "s390" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Red Hat", cpu);

yum_updateinfo = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/yum-updateinfo");
if (!empty_or_null(yum_updateinfo)) 
{
  rhsa = "RHSA-2010:0115";
  yum_report = redhat_generate_yum_updateinfo_report(rhsa:rhsa);
  if (!empty_or_null(yum_report))
  {
    security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : yum_report 
    );
    exit(0);
  }
  else
  {
    audit_message = "affected by Red Hat security advisory " + rhsa;
    audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, audit_message);
  }
}
else
{
  flag = 0;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", cpu:"i386", reference:"finch-2.6.6-1.el4")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"finch-2.6.6-1.el4")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", cpu:"i386", reference:"finch-devel-2.6.6-1.el4")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"finch-devel-2.6.6-1.el4")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", cpu:"i386", reference:"libpurple-2.6.6-1.el4")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libpurple-2.6.6-1.el4")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", cpu:"i386", reference:"libpurple-devel-2.6.6-1.el4")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libpurple-devel-2.6.6-1.el4")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", cpu:"i386", reference:"libpurple-perl-2.6.6-1.el4")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libpurple-perl-2.6.6-1.el4")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", cpu:"i386", reference:"libpurple-tcl-2.6.6-1.el4")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libpurple-tcl-2.6.6-1.el4")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", cpu:"i386", reference:"pidgin-2.6.6-1.el4")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"pidgin-2.6.6-1.el4")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", cpu:"i386", reference:"pidgin-devel-2.6.6-1.el4")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"pidgin-devel-2.6.6-1.el4")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", cpu:"i386", reference:"pidgin-perl-2.6.6-1.el4")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"pidgin-perl-2.6.6-1.el4")) flag++;


  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"i386", reference:"finch-2.6.6-1.el5")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"finch-2.6.6-1.el5")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"i386", reference:"finch-devel-2.6.6-1.el5")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"finch-devel-2.6.6-1.el5")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"i386", reference:"libpurple-2.6.6-1.el5")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libpurple-2.6.6-1.el5")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"i386", reference:"libpurple-devel-2.6.6-1.el5")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libpurple-devel-2.6.6-1.el5")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"i386", reference:"libpurple-perl-2.6.6-1.el5")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libpurple-perl-2.6.6-1.el5")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"i386", reference:"libpurple-tcl-2.6.6-1.el5")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libpurple-tcl-2.6.6-1.el5")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"i386", reference:"pidgin-2.6.6-1.el5")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"pidgin-2.6.6-1.el5")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"i386", reference:"pidgin-devel-2.6.6-1.el5")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"pidgin-devel-2.6.6-1.el5")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"i386", reference:"pidgin-perl-2.6.6-1.el5")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"pidgin-perl-2.6.6-1.el5")) flag++;


  if (flag)
  {
    security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_package_caveat()
    );
    exit(0);
  }
  else
  {
    tested = pkg_tests_get();
    if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
    else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "finch / finch-devel / libpurple / libpurple-devel / libpurple-perl / etc");
  }
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
redhatenterprise_linuxfinchp-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:finch
redhatenterprise_linuxfinch-develp-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:finch-devel
redhatenterprise_linuxlibpurplep-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libpurple
redhatenterprise_linuxlibpurple-develp-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libpurple-devel
redhatenterprise_linuxlibpurple-perlp-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libpurple-perl
redhatenterprise_linuxlibpurple-tclp-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libpurple-tcl
redhatenterprise_linuxpidginp-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pidgin
redhatenterprise_linuxpidgin-develp-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pidgin-devel
redhatenterprise_linuxpidgin-perlp-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pidgin-perl
redhatenterprise_linux4cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4
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