Pidgin < 2.6.6 MSN Protocol Plugin Denial Of Service Vulnerability - Linux

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2010 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

CPE = "cpe:/a:pidgin:pidgin";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800424");
  script_version("2024-02-27T05:06:31+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-27 05:06:31 +0000 (Tue, 27 Feb 2024)");
  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 < 2.6.6 MSN Protocol Plugin Denial Of Service Vulnerability - Linux");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone AG");
  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:"Update to version 2.6.6 or later.");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Pidgin is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  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);