Pidgin OSCAR Protocol Denial Of Service Vulnerability (Windows)

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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: gb_pidgin_oscar_dos_vuln_win.nasl 4869 2016-12-29 11:01:45Z teissa $
#
# Pidgin OSCAR Protocol Denial Of Service Vulnerability ( Win)
#
# Authors:
# Sharath S <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2009 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.
#
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# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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#
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# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
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tag_impact = "Successful exploitation will allow attacker to cause a application crash.
  Impact Level: Application";
tag_affected = "Pidgin version prior to 2.5.8 on Windows";
tag_insight = "Error in OSCAR protocol implementation leads to the application misinterpreting
  the ICQWebMessage message type as ICQSMS message type via a crafted ICQ web
  message that triggers allocation of a large amount of memory.";
tag_solution = "Upgrade to Pidgin version 2.5.8,
  http://pidgin.im/download";
tag_summary = "This host has installed Pidgin and is prone to Denial of Service
  vulnerability.";

if(description)
{
  script_id(800823);
  script_version("$Revision: 4869 $");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2016-12-29 12:01:45 +0100 (Thu, 29 Dec 2016) $");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-07-03 15:23:01 +0200 (Fri, 03 Jul 2009)");
  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-2009-1889");
  script_bugtraq_id(35530);
  script_name("Pidgin OSCAR Protocol Denial Of Service Vulnerability (Windows)");
  script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://secunia.com/advisories/35652");
  script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/9483");
  script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://pidgin.im/pipermail/devel/2009-May/008227.html");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
  script_family("Denial of Service");
  script_dependencies("secpod_pidgin_detect_win.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Pidgin/Win/Ver");
  script_tag(name : "impact" , value : tag_impact);
  script_tag(name : "affected" , value : tag_affected);
  script_tag(name : "insight" , value : tag_insight);
  script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
  script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  exit(0);
}


include("version_func.inc");

pidginVer = get_kb_item("Pidgin/Win/Ver");
if(pidginVer != NULL)
{
  if(version_is_less(version:pidginVer, test_version:"2.5.8")){
    security_message(0);
  }
}