Fedora Update for pidgin with AIM, MSN, Yahoo! messaging suppor
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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
#
# Fedora Update for pidgin FEDORA-2012-8687
#
# Authors:
# System Generated Check
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2012 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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include("revisions-lib.inc");
tag_insight = "Pidgin allows you to talk to anyone using a variety of messaging
protocols including AIM, MSN, Yahoo!, Jabber, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu,
ICQ, IRC, Novell Groupwise, QQ, Lotus Sametime, SILC, Simple and
Zephyr. These protocols are implemented using a modular, easy to
use design. To use a protocol, just add an account using the
account editor.
Pidgin supports many common features of other clients, as well as many
unique features, such as perl scripting, TCL scripting and C plugins.
Pidgin is not affiliated with or endorsed by America Online, Inc.,
Microsoft Corporation, Yahoo! Inc., or ICQ Inc.";
tag_affected = "pidgin on Fedora 17";
tag_solution = "Please Install the Updated Packages.";
if(description)
{
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081719.html");
script_id(864359);
script_version("$Revision: 8336 $");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2018-01-09 08:01:48 +0100 (Tue, 09 Jan 2018) $");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2012-08-30 10:05:09 +0530 (Thu, 30 Aug 2012)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2012-2214", "CVE-2012-2318");
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: "FEDORA", value: "2012-8687");
script_name("Fedora Update for pidgin FEDORA-2012-8687");
script_tag(name: "summary" , value: "Check for the Version of pidgin");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_family("Fedora Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/fedora", "ssh/login/rpms");
script_tag(name : "affected" , value : tag_affected);
script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
script_tag(name : "insight" , value : tag_insight);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");
release = get_kb_item("ssh/login/release");
res = "";
if(release == NULL){
exit(0);
}
if(release == "FC17")
{
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"pidgin", rpm:"pidgin~2.10.4~1.fc17", rls:"FC17")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if (__pkg_match) exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
exit(0);
}
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