This host has Pidgin installed and is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.
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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: gb_pidgin_mult_vuln_sep09_lin.nasl 4869 2016-12-29 11:01:45Z teissa $
#
# Pidgin Multiple Vulnerabilities - Sep09 (Linux)
#
# Authors:
# Nikita MR <[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.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
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tag_impact = "Successful exploitation will let the attacker obtain sensitive information
by sniffing XMPP sessions and cause application crash.
Impact Level: Application";
tag_affected = "Pidgin version 2.6.0 on Linux";
tag_insight = "- The application connects to Jabberd servers that are not fully compliant
with the XMPP specifications without encryption, even if the
'Require SSL/TLS' setting is configured.
- An error ocurrs in compililg libpurple while processing malicious links
received via the Yahoo Messenger protocol.";
tag_solution = "Upgrade to Pidgin version 2.6.1
http://pidgin.im/download";
tag_summary = "This host has Pidgin installed and is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.";
if(description)
{
script_id(800930);
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:"2009-09-03 16:18:01 +0200 (Thu, 03 Sep 2009)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
script_cve_id("CVE-2009-3025", "CVE-2009-3026");
script_name("Pidgin Multiple Vulnerabilities - Sep09 (Linux)");
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://secunia.com/advisories/36384/");
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=35");
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=542891");
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/19/2");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("secpod_pidgin_detect_lin.nasl");
script_require_keys("Pidgin/Lin/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:"executable_version");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
pidginVer = get_kb_item("Pidgin/Lin/Ver");
if(pidginVer != NULL)
{
if(version_is_equal(version:pidginVer, test_version:"2.6.0")){
security_message(0);
}
}