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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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pidgin-otr -- use after free | 4 Apr 201500:00 | – | freebsd | |
| pidgin-otr: arbitrary code execution | 12 Mar 201600:00 | – | archlinux | |
| pidgin-otr denial of service vulnerability | 25 Mar 201600:00 | – | cnvd | |
| CVE-2015-8833 | 8 Apr 201616:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2015-8833 | 8 Apr 201616:00 | – | cvelist | |
| [SECURITY] [DSA 3528-1] pidgin-otr security update | 23 Mar 201618:43 | – | debian | |
| [SECURITY] [DSA 3528-1] pidgin-otr security update | 23 Mar 201618:43 | – | debian | |
| CVE-2015-8833 | 8 Apr 201616:00 | – | debiancve | |
| Debian DSA-3528-1 : pidgin-otr - security update | 24 Mar 201600:00 | – | nessus | |
| FreeBSD : pidgin-otr -- use after free (77e0b631-e6cf-11e5-85be-14dae9d210b8) | 11 Mar 201600:00 | – | nessus |
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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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