This host has Pidgin installed and is prone to Denial of Service
vulnerability.
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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: secpod_pidgin_msnslp_dos_vuln_win.nasl 5122 2017-01-27 12:16:00Z teissa $
#
# Pidgin MSN SLP Packets Denial Of Service Vulnerability (Windows)
#
# Authors:
# Nikita MR <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2009 SecPod, http://www.secpod.com
#
# 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 = "Attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code, corrupt memory
and cause the application to crash.
Impact Level: Application";
tag_affected = "Pidgin version prior to 2.5.9 on Windows.";
tag_insight = "An error in the 'msn_slplink_process_msg()' function while processing
malformed MSN SLP packets which can be exploited to overwrite of an
arbitrary memory location.";
tag_solution = "Upgrade to Pidgin version 2.5.9
http://pidgin.im/download";
tag_summary = "This host has Pidgin installed and is prone to Denial of Service
vulnerability.";
if(description)
{
script_id(900919);
script_version("$Revision: 5122 $");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-01-27 13:16:00 +0100 (Fri, 27 Jan 2017) $");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-08-26 14:01:08 +0200 (Wed, 26 Aug 2009)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"10.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_cve_id("CVE-2009-2694");
script_bugtraq_id(36071);
script_name("Pidgin MSN SLP Packets Denial Of Service Vulnerability (Windows)");
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://secunia.com/advisories/36384");
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=34");
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2303");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 SecPod");
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:"2.5.9")){
security_message(0);
}
}