CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
Pidgin is prone to an information disclosure vulnerability.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.802935");
script_version("2024-02-15T05:05:40+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2011-4922");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"2.1");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-15 05:05:40 +0000 (Thu, 15 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2012-08-17 17:21:39 +0530 (Fri, 17 Aug 2012)");
script_name("Pidgin 'Libpurple' Cipher API Information Disclosure Vulnerability - Windows");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://secunia.com/advisories/43271/");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46307");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=50");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/04/13");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG");
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("secpod_pidgin_detect_win.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("Pidgin/Win/Ver");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow attacker to gain sensitive information.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Pidgin version prior 2.7.10 on Windows");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to the 'md5_uninit()', 'md4_uninit()', 'des_uninit()',
'des3_uninit()', 'rc4_uninit()', and 'purple_cipher_context_destroy()'
functions in libpurple/cipher.c not properly clearing certain sensitive
structures, which can lead to potentially sensitive information disclosure
remaining in memory.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Pidgin version 2.7.10 or later.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Pidgin is prone to an information disclosure vulnerability.");
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)
{
if(version_is_less(version:pidginVer, test_version:"2.7.10")){
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:pidginVer, fixed_version:"2.7.10");
security_message(port:0, data:report);
exit(0);
}
}
exit(99);