This host is installed with Pidgin and is prone to multiple denial of
service vulnerabilities.
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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: gb_pidgin_mult_dos_vuln_feb13_win.nasl 6074 2017-05-05 09:03:14Z teissa $
#
# Pidgin Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities -Feb13 (Windows)
#
# Authors:
# Arun Kallavi <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2013 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 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code,
overwrite arbitrary local files or cause a denial of service.
Impact Level: System/Application";
tag_affected = "Pidgin versions prior to 2.10.7";
tag_insight = "Multiple flaws are due to,
- MXit protocol in libpurple saves an image to local disk using a filename.
- Buffer overflow in http.c via HTTP header.
- Does not properly terminate long user IDs, in sametime.c in libpurple.
- upnp.c in libpurple fails to null-terminate strings in UPnP responses.";
tag_solution = "Upgrade to Pidgin version 2.10.7 or later.
For updates refer to http://pidgin.im/download/windows/";
tag_summary = "This host is installed with Pidgin and is prone to multiple denial of
service vulnerabilities.";
if(description)
{
script_id(803308);
script_version("$Revision: 6074 $");
script_cve_id("CVE-2013-0271","CVE-2013-0272","CVE-2013-0273","CVE-2013-0274");
script_bugtraq_id(57951,57952,57954);
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-05-05 11:03:14 +0200 (Fri, 05 May 2017) $");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2013-02-20 19:21:44 +0530 (Wed, 20 Feb 2013)");
script_name("Pidgin Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities -Feb13 (Windows)");
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://secunia.com/advisories/52178");
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=65");
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=66");
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=67");
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=68");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2013 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");
## Variable Initialization
pidginVer = "";
## Get Pidgin Version from KB
pidginVer = get_kb_item("Pidgin/Win/Ver");
if(pidginVer != NULL)
{
## Check for Pidgin Versions Prior to 2.10.7
if(version_is_less(version:pidginVer, test_version:"2.10.7"))
{
security_message(0);
exit(0);
}
}