CentOS Update for finch CESA-2011:1820 centos5 x86_64
🗓️ 30 Jul 2012 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 113 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security fix for the ALT Linux 5 package pidgin version 2.10.1-alt0.M50P.1 | 13 Mar 201200:00 | – | altlinux | |
| Security fix for the ALT Linux 5 package pidgin version 2.10.1-alt1 | 10 Jan 201200:00 | – | altlinux | |
| Security fix for the ALT Linux 6 package pidgin version 2.10.1-alt0.M60P.1 | 13 Mar 201200:00 | – | altlinux | |
| Security fix for the ALT Linux 6 package pidgin version 2.10.1-alt1 | 10 Jan 201200:00 | – | altlinux | |
| CentOS 4 / 5 : pidgin (CESA-2011:1820) | 15 Dec 201100:00 | – | nessus | |
| CentOS 6 : pidgin (CESA-2011:1821) | 23 Dec 201100:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 15 : pidgin-2.10.1-1.fc15 (2011-17546) | 9 Jan 201200:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 16 : pidgin-2.10.1-1.fc16 (2011-17558) | 6 Jan 201200:00 | – | nessus | |
| Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : pidgin (MDVSA-2011:183) | 12 Dec 201100:00 | – | nessus | |
| openSUSE Security Update : pidgin (openSUSE-2012-29) | 13 Jun 201400:00 | – | nessus |
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# 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_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2011-December/018326.html");
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.881383");
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:"2012-07-30 17:38:56 +0530 (Mon, 30 Jul 2012)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2011-4601", "CVE-2011-4602", "CVE-2011-4603");
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_xref(name:"CESA", value:"2011:1820");
script_name("CentOS Update for finch CESA-2011:1820 centos5 x86_64");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'finch'
package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG");
script_family("CentOS Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/centos", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=CentOS5");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"finch on CentOS 5");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated packages.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Pidgin is an instant messaging program which can log in to multiple
accounts on multiple instant messaging networks simultaneously.
An input sanitization flaw was found in the way the AOL Open System for
Communication in Realtime (OSCAR) protocol plug-in in Pidgin, used by the
AOL ICQ and AIM instant messaging systems, escaped certain UTF-8
characters. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash Pidgin via a
specially-crafted OSCAR message. (CVE-2011-4601)
An input sanitization flaw was found in the way the Pidgin SILC (Secure
Internet Live Conferencing) protocol plug-in escaped certain UTF-8
characters in channel messages. A remote attacker could use this flaw to
crash Pidgin via a specially-crafted SILC message. (CVE-2011-4603)
Multiple NULL pointer dereference flaws were found in the Jingle extension
of the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) protocol plug-in
in Pidgin. A remote attacker could use these flaws to crash Pidgin via a
specially-crafted Jingle multimedia message. (CVE-2011-4602)
Red Hat would like to thank the Pidgin project for reporting these issues.
Upstream acknowledges Evgeny Boger as the original reporter of
CVE-2011-4601, Diego Bauche Madero from IOActive as the original reporter
of CVE-2011-4603, and Thijs Alkemade as the original reporter of
CVE-2011-4602.
All Pidgin users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain
backported patches to resolve these issues. Pidgin must be restarted for
this update to take effect.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");
release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
if(release == "CentOS5")
{
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"finch", rpm:"finch~2.6.6~5.el5_7.4", rls:"CentOS5")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"finch-devel", rpm:"finch-devel~2.6.6~5.el5_7.4", rls:"CentOS5")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libpurple", rpm:"libpurple~2.6.6~5.el5_7.4", rls:"CentOS5")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libpurple-devel", rpm:"libpurple-devel~2.6.6~5.el5_7.4", rls:"CentOS5")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libpurple-perl", rpm:"libpurple-perl~2.6.6~5.el5_7.4", rls:"CentOS5")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libpurple-tcl", rpm:"libpurple-tcl~2.6.6~5.el5_7.4", rls:"CentOS5")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"pidgin", rpm:"pidgin~2.6.6~5.el5_7.4", rls:"CentOS5")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"pidgin-devel", rpm:"pidgin-devel~2.6.6~5.el5_7.4", rls:"CentOS5")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"pidgin-perl", rpm:"pidgin-perl~2.6.6~5.el5_7.4", rls:"CentOS5")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if (__pkg_match) exit(99);
exit(0);
}
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