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SUSE: Security Advisory for pidgin-otr (SUSE-SU-2016:0912-1)

🗓️ 11 Apr 2016 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AGType 
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SUSE Security Advisory for pidgin-otr (SUSE-SU-2016:0912-1). Update fixes heap based use-after-free issue (CVE-2015-8833)

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.851263");
  script_version("2026-04-24T06:23:04+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-24 06:23:04 +0000 (Fri, 24 Apr 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-04-11 12:47:07 +0530 (Mon, 11 Apr 2016)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2015-8833");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"10.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2017-07-01 01:29:00 +0000 (Sat, 01 Jul 2017)");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_name("SUSE: Security Advisory for pidgin-otr (SUSE-SU-2016:0912-1)");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'pidgin-otr'
  package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"This update for pidgin-otr fixes the following issues:

  - CVE-2015-8833: A heap based use-after-free issue was fixed in pidgin-otr
  that could lead to crashes or potential code execution.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"pidgin-otr on SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");

  script_xref(name:"SUSE-SU", value:"2016:0912-1");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("SuSE Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/suse", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=SLED12\.0SP0");
  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");

release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "SLED12.0SP0") {
  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"pidgin-otr", rpm:"pidgin-otr~4.0.0~8.1", rls:"SLED12.0SP0"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"pidgin-otr-debuginfo", rpm:"pidgin-otr-debuginfo~4.0.0~8.1", rls:"SLED12.0SP0"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"pidgin-otr-debugsource", rpm:"pidgin-otr-debugsource~4.0.0~8.1", rls:"SLED12.0SP0"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);

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