Pidgin MSN Protocol Plugin Denial Of Service Vulnerability (Linux)

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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: gb_pidgin_msnslp_dos_vuln_lin.nasl 12670 2018-12-05 14:14:20Z cfischer $
#
# Pidgin MSN Protocol Plugin Denial Of Service Vulnerability (Linux)
#
# Authors:
# Antu Sanadi <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
# (or any later version), as published by the Free Software Foundation.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
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CPE = 'cpe:/a:pidgin:pidgin';

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800424");
  script_version("$Revision: 12670 $");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2018-12-05 15:14:20 +0100 (Wed, 05 Dec 2018) $");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2010-01-16 12:13:24 +0100 (Sat, 16 Jan 2010)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2010-0277");
  script_name("Pidgin MSN Protocol Plugin Denial Of Service Vulnerability (Linux)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
  script_family("Denial of Service");
  script_dependencies("secpod_pidgin_detect_lin.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("Pidgin/Lin/Ver");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/07/2");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Attackers can exploit this issue to cause a denial of service (memory corruption)
  or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Pidgin version prior to 2.6.6 on Linux.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"This issue is due to an error in 'slp.c' within the 'MSN protocol plugin'
  in 'libpurple' when processing MSN request.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Pidgin version 2.6.6 or later.");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"This host has Pidgin installed and is prone to Denial Of Service
  vulnerability");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  exit(0);
}

include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");

if(!ver = get_app_version(cpe:CPE)) exit(0);

if(version_is_less_equal(version:ver, test_version:"2.6.4")){
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:ver, fixed_version:"2.6.6");
  security_message(data:report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);