CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS
Percentile
92.9%
Updated pidgin packages that fix one security issue and one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.
This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.
Pidgin is an instant messaging program which can log in to multiple accounts on multiple instant messaging networks simultaneously. The AOL Open System for CommunicAtion in Realtime (OSCAR) protocol is used by the AOL ICQ and AIM instant messaging systems.
A denial of service flaw was found in the Pidgin OSCAR protocol implementation. If a remote ICQ user sent a web message to a local Pidgin user using this protocol, it would cause excessive memory usage, leading to a denial of service (Pidgin crash). (CVE-2009-1889)
These updated packages also fix the following bug :
Note: These packages upgrade Pidgin to version 2.5.8. Refer to the Pidgin release notes for a full list of changes:
http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog
All Pidgin users should upgrade to these updated packages, which correct these issues. Pidgin must be restarted for this update to take effect.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:1139. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(39598);
script_version("1.31");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/14");
script_cve_id("CVE-2009-1889");
script_bugtraq_id(35530);
script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2009:1139");
script_name(english:"RHEL 4 / 5 : pidgin (RHSA-2009:1139)");
script_summary(english:"Checks the rpm output for the updated packages");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"Updated pidgin packages that fix one security issue and one bug are
now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.
This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the
Red Hat Security Response Team.
Pidgin is an instant messaging program which can log in to multiple
accounts on multiple instant messaging networks simultaneously. The
AOL Open System for CommunicAtion in Realtime (OSCAR) protocol is used
by the AOL ICQ and AIM instant messaging systems.
A denial of service flaw was found in the Pidgin OSCAR protocol
implementation. If a remote ICQ user sent a web message to a local
Pidgin user using this protocol, it would cause excessive memory
usage, leading to a denial of service (Pidgin crash). (CVE-2009-1889)
These updated packages also fix the following bug :
* the Yahoo! Messenger Protocol changed, making it incompatible (and
unusable) with Pidgin versions prior to 2.5.7. This update provides
Pidgin 2.5.8, which implements version 16 of the Yahoo! Messenger
Protocol, which resolves this issue.
Note: These packages upgrade Pidgin to version 2.5.8. Refer to the
Pidgin release notes for a full list of changes:
http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog
All Pidgin users should upgrade to these updated packages, which
correct these issues. Pidgin must be restarted for this update to take
effect."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2009-1889"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:1139"
);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:H/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploited_by_malware", value:"true");
script_cwe_id(399);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:finch");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:finch-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libpurple");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libpurple-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libpurple-perl");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libpurple-tcl");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pidgin");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pidgin-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pidgin-perl");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.3");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2009/07/01");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2009/07/02");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2009/07/03");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"Red Hat Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("rpm.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Red Hat" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Red Hat");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^(4|5)([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat 4.x / 5.x", "Red Hat " + os_ver);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "s390" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Red Hat", cpu);
yum_updateinfo = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/yum-updateinfo");
if (!empty_or_null(yum_updateinfo))
{
rhsa = "RHSA-2009:1139";
yum_report = redhat_generate_yum_updateinfo_report(rhsa:rhsa);
if (!empty_or_null(yum_report))
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_WARNING,
extra : yum_report
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
audit_message = "affected by Red Hat security advisory " + rhsa;
audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, audit_message);
}
}
else
{
flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", cpu:"i386", reference:"finch-2.5.8-1.el4")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"finch-2.5.8-1.el4")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", cpu:"i386", reference:"finch-devel-2.5.8-1.el4")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"finch-devel-2.5.8-1.el4")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", cpu:"i386", reference:"libpurple-2.5.8-1.el4")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libpurple-2.5.8-1.el4")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", cpu:"i386", reference:"libpurple-devel-2.5.8-1.el4")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libpurple-devel-2.5.8-1.el4")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", cpu:"i386", reference:"libpurple-perl-2.5.8-1.el4")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libpurple-perl-2.5.8-1.el4")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", cpu:"i386", reference:"libpurple-tcl-2.5.8-1.el4")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libpurple-tcl-2.5.8-1.el4")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", cpu:"i386", reference:"pidgin-2.5.8-1.el4")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"pidgin-2.5.8-1.el4")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", cpu:"i386", reference:"pidgin-devel-2.5.8-1.el4")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"pidgin-devel-2.5.8-1.el4")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", cpu:"i386", reference:"pidgin-perl-2.5.8-1.el4")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"pidgin-perl-2.5.8-1.el4")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"i386", reference:"finch-2.5.8-1.el5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"finch-2.5.8-1.el5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"i386", reference:"finch-devel-2.5.8-1.el5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"finch-devel-2.5.8-1.el5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"i386", reference:"libpurple-2.5.8-1.el5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libpurple-2.5.8-1.el5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"i386", reference:"libpurple-devel-2.5.8-1.el5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libpurple-devel-2.5.8-1.el5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"i386", reference:"libpurple-perl-2.5.8-1.el5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libpurple-perl-2.5.8-1.el5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"i386", reference:"libpurple-tcl-2.5.8-1.el5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libpurple-tcl-2.5.8-1.el5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"i386", reference:"pidgin-2.5.8-1.el5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"pidgin-2.5.8-1.el5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"i386", reference:"pidgin-devel-2.5.8-1.el5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"pidgin-devel-2.5.8-1.el5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"i386", reference:"pidgin-perl-2.5.8-1.el5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"pidgin-perl-2.5.8-1.el5")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_WARNING,
extra : rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_package_caveat()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "finch / finch-devel / libpurple / libpurple-devel / libpurple-perl / etc");
}
}
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
redhat | enterprise_linux | finch | p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:finch |
redhat | enterprise_linux | finch-devel | p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:finch-devel |
redhat | enterprise_linux | libpurple | p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libpurple |
redhat | enterprise_linux | libpurple-devel | p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libpurple-devel |
redhat | enterprise_linux | libpurple-perl | p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libpurple-perl |
redhat | enterprise_linux | libpurple-tcl | p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libpurple-tcl |
redhat | enterprise_linux | pidgin | p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pidgin |
redhat | enterprise_linux | pidgin-devel | p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pidgin-devel |
redhat | enterprise_linux | pidgin-perl | p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pidgin-perl |
redhat | enterprise_linux | 4 | cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4 |