Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-2476-1)
🗓️ 31 May 2012 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 37 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pidgin-otr -- format string vulnerability | 16 May 201200:00 | – | freebsd | |
| The vulnerability of the Gentoo Linux operating system allows a malicious intruder to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of protected information. | 28 Apr 201500:00 | – | bdu_fstec | |
| CVE-2012-2369 | 23 May 201220:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2012-2369 | 23 May 201220:00 | – | cvelist | |
| [SECURITY] [DSA 2476-1] pidgin-otr security update | 19 May 201219:30 | – | debian | |
| CVE-2012-2369 | 23 May 201220:00 | – | debiancve | |
| Debian DSA-2476-1 : pidgin-otr - format string vulnerability | 22 May 201200:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 17 : pidgin-otr-3.2.1-1.fc17 (2012-7948) | 29 May 201200:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 16 : pidgin-otr-3.2.1-1.fc16 (2012-8063) | 21 May 201200:00 | – | nessus | |
| FreeBSD : pidgin-otr -- format string vulnerability (aa71daaa-9f8c-11e1-bd0a-0082a0c18826) | 17 May 201200:00 | – | nessus |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| debian | www.debian.org/security/2012/DSA-2476-1 |
| security-tracker | www.security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-2476 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.71354");
script_cve_id("CVE-2012-2369");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2012-05-31 15:51:37 +0000 (Thu, 31 May 2012)");
script_version("2024-02-01T14:37:10+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-01 14:37:10 +0000 (Thu, 01 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_name("Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-2476-1)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=DEB6");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"DSA-2476-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2012/DSA-2476-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-2476");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'pidgin-otr' package(s) announced via the DSA-2476-1 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"intrigeri discovered a format string error in pidgin-otr, an Off-the-Record Messaging plugin for Pidgin.
This could be exploited by a remote attacker to cause arbitrary code to be executed on the user's machine.
The problem is only in pidgin-otr. Other applications which use libotr are not affected.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 3.2.0-5+squeeze1.
For the testing distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 3.2.1-1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 3.2.1-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your pidgin-otr packages.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'pidgin-otr' package(s) on Debian 6.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");
release = dpkg_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "DEB6") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"pidgin-otr", ver:"3.2.0-5+squeeze1", rls:"DEB6"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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6.5Medium risk
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CVSS 27.5
EPSS0.03562